Colossians 1:18

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁷ and HE IS before all, and in him all things subsist. ¹⁸ He is the head of his Body, the Church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, in order that in all things he may become preeminent. ¹⁹ For in him all the divine fulness chose to dwell;

All Things

Firstborn from the Dead

Head of the Body

Head of the Church

Rise from the Dead

Ephesians 1:22-23

God has put all things under Christ's feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church,

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has loosed us from our sins in his own blood;

Acts 26:23

"how that the Christ must suffer, and how he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should bring a message of light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."

John 3:29-31

He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I wish you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and of a wife her husband is head; and that God is head of Christ.

Ephesians 4:15-16

but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ.

Ephesians 5:23

because a husband is the head of his wife even as Christ is head of the church, his body, which he saves.

Revelation 3:14

To the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write. These things says the Amen, the witness, faithful and true, the beginning of the creation of God.

Revelation 5:9-13

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book And to open its seals; For thou wast slain and didst ransom for God Men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh angel blew his trumpet; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, "THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD ARE BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST, AND HE WILL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER."

Matthew 23:8

"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi'; for one is your Teacher, and you are all brothers;

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came forward to them and spoke to them, saying. "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was face to face with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:16

For out of his fulness we have all received, yes, grace upon grace.

John 1:27

One who is to come after me, whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to untie."

John 3:34-35

For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

John 11:25-26

"I am the resurrection and the life," said Jesus. "He who believes in me, even if he has died, shall live.

Romans 8:29

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood;

1 Corinthians 15:20-23

But now, now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For he must rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

Ephesians 1:10

for the government of the fulness of the ages, that all things in heaven and earth are alike should be gathered up in Christ, as Head.

Colossians 1:24

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.

Colossians 2:10-14

and in him you have your fulness, and he is the Lord of all the principalities and powers.

Hebrews 1:5-6

For to what angel did God ever say, Thou art my son; this day have I become thy Father? and again, I will be a father to him, and he shall be to me a son?

1 John 1:1

It is of what has existed from the beginning, of what we have listened to, of what we have seen with our own eyes, of what we have witnessed and touched with our own heads, it is concerning the Logos of Life that we are now writing.

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 1:18

I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore; and hold the keys of death and of Hades.

Revelation 21:6

He also said: "It has now come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, The Beginning and the End. To him who thirsts I will freely give Of the spring of the Water of life.

Revelation 21:23-24

And the city has no need of the sun, Nor of the moon, to shine upon it; For the glory of God has lightened it, And its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:13

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