This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
Colossians 1:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He is before all things, and by him all things hold together. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). [Prov. 8:22-31.] American Standard Version (1901) and he is before all things, and in him all things consist. Common English Bible He existed before all things, and all things are held together in him. Catholic Public Domain Version And he is before all, and in him all things continue. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he is before all, and by him all things consist. |
This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.
Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with that glory I had with you before the world existed.
For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, “For we are also his offspring.”
yet for us there is one God, the Father. All things are from him, and we exist for him. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ. All things are through him, and we exist through him.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. ,
saying, ‘Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.’
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me and said, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’
‘Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last, the one who was dead and came to life:
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the rubbish heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honour. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; he has set the world on them.