Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Holman Bible
the firstborn over all creation.
International Standard Version
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
A Conservative Version
who is an image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
American Standard Version
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
Amplified
He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation.
An Understandable Version
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn One [i.e., who takes preeminence] over all that is created.
Anderson New Testament
who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature;
Bible in Basic English
Who is the image of the unseen God and existed before all living things;
Common New Testament
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Daniel Mace New Testament
he is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation.
Darby Translation
who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
Godbey New Testament
who is the image of the invisible God, being the first begotten of all creation,
Goodspeed New Testament
He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature,
John Wesley New Testament
Who is the image of the invisible God, the first begotten of every creature.
Julia Smith Translation
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:
King James 2000
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:
Lexham Expanded Bible
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
Modern King James verseion
who is the image of the invisible God, the First-born of all creation.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which is the image of the invisible God, first begotten of all creatures:
Moffatt New Testament
He is the likeness of the unseen God, born first before all the creation ??16 for it was by him that all things were created both in heaven and on earth, both the seen and the unseen, including Thrones, angelic Lords, celestial Powers and Rulers; all things have been created by him and for him;
Montgomery New Testament
He is a visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
NET Bible
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
New Heart English Bible
who is the image of the invisible God, preeminent over all creation.
Noyes New Testament
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of the whole creation;
Sawyer New Testament
who is the likeness of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation,
The Emphasized Bible
Who, is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn of all creation, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Who is the image of the invisible God, the prime author of all creation:
Twentieth Century New Testament
For Christ is the very incarnation of the invisible God-- First-born and Head of all creation;
Webster
Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature:
Weymouth New Testament
Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.
Williams New Testament
Yes, He is the exact likeness of the unseen God, His first-born Son who existed before any created thing,
World English Bible
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Worrell New Testament
Who is the image of the invisible God, Primal Source of all creation;
Worsley New Testament
Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation:
Youngs Literal Translation
who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,
Themes
Birthright » An honorable title
Body » Jesus Christ being the head of the body (the church)
Christ » Heal persecution of » Testimony of the apostles
Creation » Everything being created by the word of God (jesus Christ)
Divinity » Of Christ » Testimony of the apostles
Glory of Christ » As the first-born
Glory of Christ » As the image of God
Firstborn » Birthright of the » Honorable distinction of
Image » Figurative » Christ, of God
divine Image » In saints » Of God
Jesus Christ » Preexistence of
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ existing before all things
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:15
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:15
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:15
Prayers for Colossians 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
14
in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins,
15
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.
2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this age has blinded the understanding of those who do not believe, that the light of the gospel of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine in them.
Hebrews 1:3
who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Psalm 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and the Word was God.
John 1:18
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 14:9
Jesus said unto him, Have I been such a long time with you, and yet thou hast not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
Romans 8:29
For unto those whom he knew beforehand, he also marked out beforehand the way that they might be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Philippians 2:6
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
1 Timothy 1:17
Therefore unto the King forever, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 3:14
And unto the angel of the congregation of the Laodiceans write; Behold, he who saith, Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
Exodus 24:10
and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone like unto the heaven when it is clear.
Proverbs 8:29-31
when he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,
Ezekiel 1:26-28
And above the heaven that was over their heads was the figure of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the figure of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man seated upon it.
John 15:24
If I had not done among them works which no other man has done, they would not have sin; but now they have seen them and hate both me and my Father.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For the God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts to bring forth the light of the knowledge of the clarity of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:13
who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son,
Colossians 1:16-17
for by him were all things created, that are in the heavens and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by him and in him;
1 Timothy 6:16
the only one who has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Hebrews 1:6
And again, when he brought in the firstbegotten into the world, he said, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Numbers 12:8
With him I will speak mouth to mouth and by sight not by enigmas; he shall see the similitude of the LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my slave Moses?