Colossians 1:18

God's Word

He is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, the first to come back to life so that he would have first place in everything.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

Yes, I will make him the firstborn. He will be the Most High to the kings of the earth.

Song of Solomon 5:10

My beloved is dazzling yet ruddy. He stands out among 10,000 men.

Isaiah 52:13

My servant will be successful. He will be respected, praised, and highly honored.

Matthew 23:8

But don’t make others call you Rabbi, because you have only one teacher, and you are all followers.

Matthew 28:18

When Jesus came near, he spoke to them. He said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John 1:1

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:16

Each of us has received one gift after another because of all that the Word is.

John 1:27

He’s the one who comes after me. I am not worthy to untie his sandal strap.”

Acts 26:23

They said that the Messiah would suffer and be the first to come back to life and would spread light to Jewish and non-Jewish people.”

Romans 8:29

This is true because he already knew his people and had already appointed them to have the same form as the image of his Son. Therefore, his Son is the firstborn among many children.

1 Corinthians 11:3

However, I want you to realize that Christ has authority over every man, a husband has authority over his wife, and God has authority over Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:27

You are Christ’s body and each of you is an individual part of it.

1 Corinthians 15:25

Christ must rule until God has put every enemy under his control.

Ephesians 1:10

He planned to bring all of history to its goal in Christ. Then Christ would be the head of everything in heaven and on earth.

Ephesians 5:23

The husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is his body, and he is its Savior.

Colossians 1:24

I am happy to suffer for you now. In my body I am completing whatever remains of Christ’s sufferings. I am doing this on behalf of his body, the church.

Colossians 2:19

He doesn’t hold on to ⌞Christ,⌟ the head. Christ makes the whole body grow as God wants it to, through support and unity given by the joints and ligaments.

1 John 1:1

The Word of life existed from the beginning. We have heard it. We have seen it. We observed and touched it.

Revelation 1:18

the living one. I was dead, but now I am alive forever. I have the keys of death and hell.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the trustworthy one, the first to come back to life, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. Glory and power forever and ever  belong to the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

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 11:15

When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule as king forever and ever.”

Revelation 21:6

He said to me, “It has happened! I am the A and the Z, the beginning and the end. I will give a drink from the fountain filled with the water of life to anyone who is thirsty. It won’t cost anything.

Revelation 22:13

I am the A and the Z, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

Revelation 3:14

“To the messenger of the church in Laodicea, write: The amen, the witness who is faithful and true, the source of God’s creation, says: