Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
The image
The invisible
The firstborn
Of every
General references
Bible References
The image
Exodus 24:10
and saw the God of Israel, and under his feet as it were a brick work of sapphire, and as it were the fashion of heaven when it is clear,
Numbers 12:8
Unto him I speak mouth to mouth and he seeth the sight and the fashion of the LORD, and not through riddles. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"
Ezekiel 1:26
Above the firmament that was over their heads, there was the fashion of a seat, as it had been made of Sapphire. Upon the seat there sat one like a man.
John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time. The only begotten son, which is in the father's bosom, hath declared him.
John 14:9
Jesus said unto him, "Have I been so long time with you: and yet hast thou not known me? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the father. And how sayest thou then, Show us the father?
John 15:24
If I had not done works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin. But now have they seen, and yet have hated both me and my father:
2 Corinthians 4:4
in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest should shine unto them the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is the image of God.
Philippians 2:6
Which, being in the shape of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.
Hebrews 1:3
Which son, being the brightness of his glory, and very image of his substance, bearing up all things with the word of his power, hath in his own person purged our sins, and is sitten on the righthand of the majesty on high,
The invisible
1 Timothy 1:17
So then unto God, King everlasting, immortal, invisible, and wise only, be honour and praise for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 6:16
which only hath immortality, and dwelleth in light that no man can attain, whom never man saw, neither can see: unto whom be honour and rule everlasting. Amen.
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he forsook Egypt, and feared not the fierceness of the king. For he endured, even as he had seen him which is invisible.
The firstborn
Colossians 1:13
Which hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son,
Psalm 89:27
And I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
John 1:14
And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten son of the father, which word was full of grace, and verity.
John 3:16
For God so loveth the world, that he hath given his only son, for the intent that none that believe in him should perish: But should have everlasting life.
Hebrews 1:6
And again when he bringeth in the first begotten son into the world, he saith, "And all the angels of God shall worship him."
Of every
Colossians 1:16
for by him were all things created, things that are in heaven, and things that are in earth: things visible, and things invisible: whether they be majesty or lordship, either rule or power.
Proverbs 8:29
When he shut the sea within certain bounds, that the waters should not go over their marks. When he laid the foundations of the earth,
Revelation 3:14
"And unto the messenger of the congregation which is in Laodicea write, 'This saith - amen - the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creatures of God.
General references
Isaiah 40:18
"To whom then will ye liken God? Or what similitude will ye set up unto him?
Isaiah 46:5
Whom will ye make me like, in fashion or image, that I may be like him?
John 12:45
And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.