Colossians 1:17

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He existed before everything and holds everything together.

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

When the earth and everyone who lives on it begin to melt, I will make its foundations as solid as rock. Selah

Isaiah 44:6

The Lord is Israel’s king and defender. He is the Lord of Armies. This is what the Lord says: I am the first and the last, and there is no God except me.

Micah 5:2

You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are too small to be included among Judah’s cities. Yet, from you Israel’s future ruler will come for me. His origins go back to the distant past, to days long ago.

John 17:5

Now, Father, give me glory in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.

John 8:58

Jesus told them, “I can guarantee this truth: Before Abraham was ever born, I am.”

Acts 17:28

Certainly, we live, move, and exist because of him. As some of your poets have said, ‘We are God’s children.’

1 Corinthians 8:6

But for us, “There is only one God, the Father. Everything came from him, and we live for him. There is only one Lord, Jesus Christ. Everything came into being through him, and we live because of him.”

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Hebrews 1:3

His Son is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact likeness of God’s being. He holds everything together through his powerful words. After he had cleansed people from their sins, he now holds the honored position—the one next to the majestic God [the Father] on the heavenly throne.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. Then he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the first and the last,

Revelation 1:8

“I am the A and the Z,”  says the Lord God, the one who is, the one who was, and the one who is coming, the Almighty.

Revelation 2:8

“To the messenger of the church in Smyrna, write: The first and the last, who was dead and became alive, says:

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from the trash heap in order to make them sit with nobles and even to make them inherit a glorious throne. “The pillars of the earth are the Lord’s. He has set the world on them.