Colossians 1:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Because all things were created by him: both in the heavens and on the earth, the things that are visible and the things that are invisible. Whether they are thrones or powers, or rulers or authorities, all things were created through him and for him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ For in him were all things created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and in him.

Colossians 1:16 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:11

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Nehemiah 9:6

And Ezra said: “Thou art the Lord, thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and thou preservest all of them; and the host of heaven worships thee.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Isaiah 43:21

the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.

Isaiah 44:24

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who stretched out the heavens alone, who spread out the earth—Who was with me? —

John 1:10

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not.

John 1:3

all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.

Romans 11:36

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.

Romans 8:38

For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Romans 9:5

to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who is over all be blessed for ever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

Ephesians 1:10

as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Ephesians 6:12

For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Deuteronomy 4:39

know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

Philippians 2:10

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation;

Colossians 1:20

and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Colossians 2:10

and you have come to fulness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

Colossians 2:15

He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in him.

Hebrews 1:2

but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.