Colossians 1:15

Conservative English Version

Christ is exactly like God, who cannot be seen. He is the first-born Son, superior to all creation.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

"I have chosen David as my first-born son, and he will be the ruler of all kings on earth.

Exodus 24:10

and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire, and it was as bright as the sky.

Numbers 12:8

He sees me face to face, and everything I say to him is perfectly clear. You have no right to criticize my servant Moses."

John 1:1

In the beginning was the one who is called the Word. The Word was with God and was truly God.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and lived here with us. We saw his true glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. From him all the kindness and all the truth of God have come down to us.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is truly God and is closest to the Father, has shown us what God is like.

John 14:9

Jesus replied: Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don't you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father?

John 15:24

I have done things that no one else has ever done. If they had not seen me do these things, they would not be guilty. But they did see me do these things, and they still hate me and my Father too.

John 3:16

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

Romans 8:29

and he has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them become like his own Son, so that his Son would be the first of many children.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god who rules this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. They cannot see the light, which is the good news about our glorious Christ, who shows what God is like.

2 Corinthians 4:6

The Scriptures say, "God commanded light to shine in the dark." Now God is shining in our hearts to let you know that his glory is seen in Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2:6

Christ was truly God. But he did not try to remain equal with God.

Colossians 1:13

God rescued us from the dark power of Satan and brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son,

1 Timothy 1:17

I pray that honor and glory will always be given to the only God, who lives forever and is the invisible and eternal King! Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

Only God lives forever! And he lives in light that no one can come near. No human has ever seen God or ever can see him. God will be honored, and his power will last forever. Amen.

Hebrews 1:3

God's Son has all the brightness of God's own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together. After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven.

Hebrews 1:6

When God brings his first-born Son into the world, he commands all of his angels to worship him.

Hebrews 11:27

Because of his faith, Moses left Egypt. Moses had seen the invisible God and wasn't afraid of the king's anger.

Revelation 3:14

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Laodicea: I am the one called Amen! I am the faithful and true witness and the source of God's creation. Listen to what I say.