Colossians 1:17

New Century Version

He was there before anything was made, and all things continue because of him.

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

The earth with all its people may shake, but I am the one who holds it steady.Selah

Isaiah 44:6

The Lord, the king of Israel, is the Lord All-Powerful, who saves Israel. This is what he says: “I am the beginning and the end. I am the only God.

Micah 5:2

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are too small to be among the army groups from Judah, from you will come one who will rule Israel for me. He comes from very old times, from days long ago.”

John 17:5

And now, Father, give me glory with you; give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

John 8:58

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am!”

Acts 17:28

‘By his power we live and move and exist.’ Some of your own poets have said: ‘For we are his children.’

1 Corinthians 8:6

for us there is only one God—our Father. All things came from him, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord—Jesus Christ. All things were made through him, and we also were made through him.

Colossians 1:15

No one can see God, but Jesus Christ is exactly like him. He ranks higher than everything that has been made.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son reflects the glory of God and shows exactly what God is like. He holds everything together with his powerful word. When the Son made people clean from their sins, he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

Hebrews 13:8

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

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to 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. He put his right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the One who is and was and is coming. I am the Almighty.”

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: “The One who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again, says this:

1 Samuel 2:8

The Lord raises the poor up from the dust, and he lifts the needy from the ashes. He lets the poor sit with princes and receive a throne of honor. “The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and the Lord set the world upon them.