Colossians 1:18

Weymouth NT

Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.

Cross References

Matthew 23:8

»As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.«

Matthew 28:18

Jesus however came near and said to them, »All power in Heaven and over the 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

For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

John 1:27

He who is to come after me, and whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten.«

Acts 26:23

since the Christ was to be a suffering Christ, and by coming back from the dead was then to be the first to proclaim a message of light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.«

Romans 8:29

For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;

1 Corinthians 11:3

I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.

1 Corinthians 12:27

As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For He must continue King until He shall have put all His enemies under His feet.

Ephesians 1:10

for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it–the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.

Ephesians 5:23

because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

Colossians 1:24

Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.

Colossians 2:19

Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have listened to, which we have seen with our own eyes, and our own hands have handled concerning the Word of Life–

Revelation 1:18

I died; but I am now alive until the Ages of the Ages, and I have the keys of the gates of Death and of Hades!

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the truthful witness, the first of the dead to be born to Life, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins with His own blood,

Revelation 1:8

»I am the Alpha and the Omega,« says the Lord God, »He who is and was and evermore will be–the Ruler of all.«

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel blew his trumpet; and there followed loud voices in Heaven which said, »The sovereignty of the world now belongs to our Lord and His Christ; and He will be King until the Ages of the Ages.«

Revelation 21:6

He also said, »They have now been fulfilled. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To those who are thirsty I will give the privilege of drinking from the well of the Water of Life without payment.

Revelation 22:13

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

Revelation 3:14

»And to the minister of the Church at Laodicea write as follows:« `This is what the Amen says–the true and faithful witness, the Beginning and Lord of God's Creation.