Colossians 1:18

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

And he is the Head of the Church, which is his Body. The First-born from the dead, he is to the Church the Source of its Life, that he, in all things, may stand first.

Cross References

Matthew 23:8

But do not allow yourselves to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Father, the heavenly Father.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them thus: "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

John 1:1

In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

John 1:16

Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;

John 1:27

He is coming after me, yet I am not worthy even to unfasten his sandal."

Acts 26:23

That the Christ must suffer, and that, by rising from the dead, he was destined to be the first to bring news of Light, not only to our nation, but also to the Gentiles."

Romans 8:29

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I am anxious that you should understand that the Christ is the Head of every man, that man is the Head of woman, and that God is the Head of the Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Together you are the Body of Christ, and individually its parts.

1 Corinthians 15:25

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

Ephesians 1:10

In view of that Divine Order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in Heaven and on earth, center in him.

Ephesians 5:23

For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church--being indeed himself the Savior of his Body.

Colossians 1:24

Now at last I can rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and in my own person I supplement the afflictions endured by the Christ, for the sake of his Body, the Church;

Colossians 2:19

He fails to maintain union with the Head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and Keynesian of every part, grows with a divine growth.

1 John 1:1

It is of what has been in existence from the Beginning, of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands--it is about the Word who is the Life that we are now writing.

Revelation 1:18

the Everliving. I died, and I am alive for ever and ever. And I hold the keys of the Grave and of the Place of the Dead.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, ' the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead, and the Ruler of all the Kings of the earth.' To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood--

Revelation 1:8

'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord, the God who is, and who was, and who shall be, the Almighty.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew; and loud voices were heard in Heaven saying-- 'The Kingdom of the World has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.'

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me-- 'They are fulfilled. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who thirsts I will give of the spring of the Water of Life, freely.

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 Laodicaea write:-- "These are the words of the Unchanging One, 'the Witness faithful and true, the Beginning of the Creation of God':--