Colossians 1:18

English Standard Version 2016

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Cross References

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Acts 26:23

that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Matthew 28:18

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

Psalm 89:27

And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

Revelation 22:13

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

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”

Revelation 1:18

and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Ephesians 1:10

as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

John 1:27

even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

John 1:16

For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Revelation 3:14

“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—

Romans 8:29

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Matthew 23:8

But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.

Isaiah 52:13

Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.

Song of Solomon 5:10

My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

Colossians 2:19

and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.