Colossians 1:17

Conservative English Version

God's Son was before all else, and by him everything is held together.

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

The earth trembles, and its people shake; you alone keep its foundations firm.

Isaiah 44:6

I am the LORD All-Powerful, the first and the last, the one and only God. Israel, I have rescued you! I am your King.

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrath, you are one of the smallest towns in the nation of Judah. But the LORD will choose one of your people to rule the nation-- someone whose family goes back to ancient times.

John 17:5

Now, Father, give me back the glory that I had with you before the world was created.

John 8:58

Jesus answered, "I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am."

Acts 17:28

and he gives us the power to live, to move, and to be who we are. "We are his children," just as some of your poets have said.

1 Corinthians 8:6

We have only one God, and he is the Father. He created everything, and we live for him. Jesus Christ is our only Lord. Everything was made by him, and by him life was given to us.

Colossians 1:15

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

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 13:8

Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, "Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person. But he put his right hand on me and said: Don't be afraid! I am the first, the last,

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, "I am Alpha and Omega, the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!"

Revelation 2:8

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: I am the first and the last. I died, but now I am alive! Listen to what I say.

1 Samuel 2:8

You lift the poor and homeless out of the garbage dump and give them places of honor in royal palaces. You set the world on foundations, and they belong to you.