Colossians 1:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He is also the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent]. American Standard Version (1901) And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Common English Bible He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the one who is firstborn from among the dead so that he might occupy the first place in everything. Catholic Public Domain Version And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he may hold the primacy: |
See, my servant , will be successful; he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.
‘But you are not to be called “Rabbi,” because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters.
Jesus came near and said to them, ‘All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He is the one coming after me, , whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.’
that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.’
For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, , and God is the head of Christ.
as a plan for the right time #– #to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth in him.
because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Saviour of the body.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church.
They don’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with growth from God.
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life #– #
and the Living One. I was dead, but look #– #I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by his blood,
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices 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.
Then he said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give to the thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
‘Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator , of God’s creation: