Colossians 1:18

Easy To Read Version

Christ is the head of the body. (The body is the church.) Everything comes from him. And he is the Lord {\cf2\super [5]} who was raised from death. So in all things Jesus is most important.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

And I will make him my firstborn {\cf2\super [508]} son.\par He will be the great king on earth.\par

Isaiah 52:13

“Look at my Servant. He will be very successful. {\cf2\super [427]} He will be very important. \{In the future\} people will honor and respect him.

Matthew 23:8

“But you must not be called ‘Teacher.’ You are all brothers and sisters together. You have only one Teacher.

Matthew 28:18

So Jesus came to them and said, “All authority (power) in heaven and on earth is given to me.

John 1:1

Before the world began, the Word {\cf2\super [1]} was there. The Word was there with God. The Word was God.

John 1:16

The Word {\cf2\super [6]} (Christ) was full of grace and truth. From him we all received more and more blessings.

John 1:27

That person is the One who comes after me. I am not good enough to untie the strings on his shoes.”

Acts 26:23

They said that the Christ {\cf2\super [499]} would die and be the first to rise from death. Moses and the prophets said that the Christ would bring light to the Jewish people and to the non-Jewish people.”

Romans 8:29

God knew those people before he made the world. And God decided that those people would be like his Son (Jesus). Then Jesus would be the firstborn {\cf2\super [69]} of many brothers and sisters.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand this: The head (authority) of every man is Christ. And the head of a woman is the man. {\cf2\super [78]} And the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 12:27

All of you together are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of that body.

1 Corinthians 15:25

Christ must rule until God puts all enemies under Christ’s control. {\cf2\super [111]}

Ephesians 1:10

God’s goal was to finish his plan when the right time came. God planned that all things in heaven and on earth be joined together with Christ as the head.

Ephesians 5:23

The husband is the head of the wife, the same as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ’s body—Christ is the Savior of the body.

Colossians 2:19

Those people don’t keep themselves under the control of the head (Christ). The whole body depends on Christ. Because of Christ all the parts of the body care for each other and help each other. This strengthens the body and holds it together. And so the body grows in the way God wants.

1 John 1:1

We tell you now about something that has existed (lived) since before the world began:

Revelation 1:18

I am the One who lives. I was dead, but look: I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. {\cf2\super [11]}

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness. He was first among those to be raised from death. Jesus is the ruler of the kings of the earth.

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. {\cf2\super [6]} I am the One who is, who \{always\} was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.”

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel blew his trumpet. Then there were loud voices in heaven. The voices said:

Revelation 21:6

The One on the throne said to me: “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega, {\cf2\super [158]} the Beginning and the End. I will give free water from the spring of the water of life to any person that is thirsty.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, {\cf2\super [173]} the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Revelation 3:14

“Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: