Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
He is a visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
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;
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, the forgiveness of our sins. 15 He is a visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16 for in him was the universe created, things in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; by him and for him all have been created;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory??lory as of the Father's only Son??ull of grace and truth.
2 Corinthians 4:4
Among them the god of this age has blinded the understanding of the unbelieving so that the sunshine of the gospel of God, should not dawn upon them.
Hebrews 1:3
He being an emanation of God's glory and stamp of his substance, and upholding the universe by the utterances of his power, after by himself making purification of our sins, has taken his seat on the right hand of the Majesty on High.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was face to face with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:18
No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father??e has interpreted him.
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 14:9
"Have I been so long among you, and yet you, Philip, have you not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Cause us to see the Father'?
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;
Philippians 2:6
who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,
1 Timothy 1:17
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen!
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.
John 15:24
"If I had not done among them such works as none ever did, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God who said, "Out of darkness light shall shine," is he who has shone in my heart, that the sunrise of the knowledge of God may shine forth in the face of Christ.
Colossians 1:13
For he has delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of his dear Son,
Colossians 1:16-17
for in him was the universe created, things in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; by him and for him all have been created;
1 Timothy 6:16
who alone possesses immortality, who dwells in light that none can approach, whom no man has ever seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
Hebrews 1:6
And further, when he brought the firstborn into the habitable world, he said, Let all the angels of God worship him.
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt, not because he feared the wrath of the king, but he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.