Colossians 1:18

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

Song of Solomon 5:10

My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand.

Isaiah 52:13

See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.

Matthew 23:8

But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 28:18

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

John 1:1

From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

John 1:16

From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

John 1:27

It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

Acts 26:23

That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.

Romans 8:29

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

1 Corinthians 11:3

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.

Ephesians 1:10

The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

Colossians 1:24

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

Colossians 2:19

And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

Revelation 1:18

And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.

Revelation 1:5

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

Revelation 1:8

I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

Revelation 11:15

And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me, It is done. I am the First and the Last, the start and the end. I will freely give of the fountain of the water of life to him who is in need.

Revelation 22:13

I am the First and the Last, the start and the end.

Revelation 3:14

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order: