Colossians 1:18

New American Bible - revised edition

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.

Cross References

Psalm 89:27

He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father, my God, the Rock of my salvation!’

Song of Solomon 5:10

W My lover is radiant and ruddy; outstanding among thousands.

Isaiah 52:13

See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.

Matthew 23:8

As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’ You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John 1:1

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

John 1:16

From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace,

John 1:27

the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.” Reactions to Paul’s Speech.

Romans 8:29

For those he foreknew he also 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 want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head of Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it.

1 Corinthians 15:25

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

Ephesians 1:10

as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth. Inheritance Through the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body.

Colossians 1:24

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

Colossians 2:19

and not holding closely to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and bonds, achieves the growth that comes from God.

1 John 1:1

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of life—

Revelation 1:18

the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.

Revelation 1:5

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

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty.” The First Vision.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world now belongs to our Lord and to his Anointed, and he will reign forever and ever.”

Revelation 21:6

He said to me, “They are accomplished. I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.

Revelation 22:13

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

Revelation 3:14

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea, write this: “‘The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the source of God’s creation, says this: