Colossians 1:17

Modern English Version

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolving; I bear up its pillars.    Selah

Isaiah 44:6

Thus says the Lord the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of Hosts: I am the First, and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, although you are small among the tribes of Judah, from you will come forth for Me one who will be ruler over Israel. His origins are from of old, from ancient times.

John 17:5

And now, O Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM.”

Acts 17:28

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

1 Corinthians 8:6

But for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist. And there is one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God and the firstborn of every creature.

Hebrews 1:3

He is the brightness of His glory, the express image of Himself, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had by Himself purged our sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Hebrews 13:8

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

Revelation 1:11

saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and “What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:17

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though I were dead. Then He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

Revelation 1:8

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

Revelation 2:8

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: “The First and the Last, who was dead and came to life, says these things:

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the oppressed from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit a throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth belong to the Lord, and He has set the world upon them.