Colossians 1:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He is the head of his body, which is the church. He is the very beginning, the first to be raised from death, so that he would be above all others.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

“I have chosen David as my firstborn son, and he will be the ruler of all kings on earth.

Song of Solomon 5:10

He is handsome and healthy, the most outstanding among ten thousand.

Isaiah 52:13

The LORD says: My servant will succeed! He will be given great praise and the highest honours.

Matthew 23:8

But none of you should be called a teacher. You have only one teacher, and all of you are like brothers and sisters.

Matthew 28:18

Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth!

John 1:1

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

John 1:16

Because of all that the Son is, we have been given one blessing after another.

John 1:27

Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”

Acts 26:23

I told them how the Messiah would suffer and be the first to be raised from death, so that he could bring light to his own people and to the Gentiles.

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.

1 Corinthians 11:3

Now I want you to know that Christ is the head over all men, and a man is the head over a woman. But God is the head over Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Together you are the body of Christ. Each one of you is part of his body.

1 Corinthians 15:25

Christ will rule until he puts all his enemies under his power,

Ephesians 1:10

Then when the time is right, God will do all that he has planned, and Christ will bring together everything in heaven and on earth.

Ephesians 5:23

A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Saviour of the church, which is his own body.

Colossians 1:24

I am glad that I can suffer for you. I am pleased also that in my own body I can continue the suffering of Christ for his body, the church.

Colossians 2:19

They are no longer part of Christ, who is the head of the whole body. Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.

1 John 1:1

The Word that gives life was from the beginning, and this is the one our message is about. Our ears have heard, our own eyes have seen, and our hands touched this Word.

Revelation 1:18

and the living one. I died, but now I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead.

Revelation 1:5

May kindness and peace be yours from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness. Jesus was the first to conquer death, and he is the ruler of all earthly kings. Christ loves us, and by his blood he set us free from our sins.

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 11:15

At the sound of the seventh trumpet, loud voices were heard in heaven. They said, “Now the kingdom of this world belongs to our Lord and to his Chosen One! And he will rule for ever and ever!”

Revelation 21:6

Everything is finished! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give water from the life-giving fountain to everyone who is thirsty.

Revelation 22:13

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

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.