Colossians 1:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants, it is I who keep its pillars steady. 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, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.

John 17:5

So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Acts 17:28

For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we, too, are his offspring.’

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and 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, the firstborn of all creation,

Hebrews 1:3

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for 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, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last

Revelation 1:8

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

Revelation 2:8

“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life:

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.