Colossians 1:18

Modern English Version

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things He may have the preeminence.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

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

Song of Solomon 5:10

My lover is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand men.

Isaiah 52:13

Behold, My servant shall deal prudently; he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

Matthew 23:8

“But do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

John 1:1

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

John 1:16

We have all received from His fullness grace upon grace.

John 1:27

This is He who comes after me, who is preferred before me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

Acts 26:23

that the Christ must suffer, that He would be the first who would rise from the dead, and would announce light to His own people and to the Gentiles.”

Romans 8:29

For those whom He foreknew, He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I would have you know that the head of the woman is the man, the head of every man is Christ, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ and members individually.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For He will reign until He has put all enemies under His feet.

Ephesians 1:10

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

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head and Savior of the church, which is His body.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake and fill up in my flesh that which is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church.

Colossians 2:19

and not supporting the head, from which the entire body, nourished and knit together by joints and sinews, grows as God gives the increase.

1 John 1:1

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

Revelation 1:18

I am He who lives, though I was dead. Behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

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 11:15

The seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying: “The kingdoms of the world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.”

Revelation 21:6

He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the spring of the water of life to him who thirsts.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

Revelation 3:14

“To the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says these things: