Colossians 1:18 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁸ He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in everything he may be preeminent.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the one who is firstborn from among the dead so that he might occupy the first place in everything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.

Colossians 1:18 Cross References

Matthew 23:8

But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for there is one who is your instructor, the Christ, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:16

Of his fullness we have all received, even grace upon grace.

John 1:27

He is the one who comes after me, who ranks ahead of me, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

Acts 26:23

that the Christ would suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Romans 8:29

Because those whom he foreknew he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

Ephesians 1:10

as a plan for the fullness of times, to bring everything together in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth.

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head and Savior of the church, which is his body.

Colossians 1:24

I rejoice now in my sufferings for you, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

Colossians 2:19

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supported and knit together by its joints and tendons, grows with a growth that is from God.

1 John 1:1

We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.

Revelation 1:18

the living one. I was dead, but behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and washed us from our sins with his blood

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.”

Revelation 21:6

He also said to me, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him who thirsts I will freely give from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Revelation 3:14

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God's creation: