Colossians 1:18

New Century Version

He is the head of the body, which is the church. Everything comes from him. He is the first one who was raised from the dead. So in all things Jesus has first place.

Cross References

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness, the first among those raised from the dead. He is the ruler of the kings of the earth. He is the One who loves us, who made us free from our sins with the blood of his death.

Acts 26:23

that the Christ would die, and as the first to rise from the dead, he would bring light to all people.”

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All power in heaven and on earth is given to me.

Psalm 89:27

I will make him my firstborn son, the greatest king on earth.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand this: The head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

Revelation 22:13

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

Ephesians 5:23

because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Savior of the body, which is the church.

Revelation 21:6

The One on the throne said to me, “It is finished. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give free water from the spring of the water of life to anyone who is thirsty.

1 Corinthians 15:25

Christ must rule until he puts all enemies under his control.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And there were loud voices in heaven, saying: “The power to rule the world now belongs to our Lord and his Christ, and he will rule forever and ever.”

Revelation 1:18

I am the One who lives; I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and to the place of the dead.

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.”

Colossians 1:24

I am happy in my sufferings for you. There are things that Christ must still suffer through his body, the church. I am accepting, in my body, my part of these things that must be suffered.

Ephesians 1:10

His goal was to carry out his plan, when the right time came, that all things in heaven and on earth would be joined together in Christ as the head.

John 1:27

He is the One who comes after me. I am not good enough to untie the strings of his sandals.”

John 1:16

Because he was full of grace and truth, from him we all received one gift after another.

John 1:1

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

Revelation 3:14

“Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: “The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of all God has made, says this:

1 John 1:1

We write you now about what has always existed, which we have heard, we have seen with our own eyes, we have looked at, and we have touched with our hands. We write to you about the Word that gives life.

Romans 8:29

God knew them before he made the world, and he chose them to be like his Son so that Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

Matthew 23:8

“But you must not be called ‘Teacher,’ because you have only one Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters together.

Isaiah 52:13

The Lord says, “See, my servant will act wisely. People will greatly honor and respect him.

Song of Solomon 5:10

My lover is healthy and tan, the best of ten thousand men.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Together you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of that body.

Colossians 2:19

They do not hold tightly to Christ, the head. It is from him that all the parts of the body are cared for and held together. So it grows in the way God wants it to grow.