Colossians 1:15

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁴ in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins, ¹⁵ who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation, ¹⁶ because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

All Things

Before God

Firstborn Over All Creation

God Made

On Earth

Firstborn Of Every Creature

Christ

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

Hebrews 1:3

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

Psalm 89:27

I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

John 1:18

God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.

John 3:16

for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

John 14:9

Jesus saith to him, 'So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?

Romans 8:29

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

Philippians 2:6

who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal to God,

1 Timothy 1:17

and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, is honour and glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

Revelation 3:14

And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness -- the faithful and true -- the chief of the creation of God;

Exodus 24:10

and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet is as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

Proverbs 8:29-31

In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

Ezekiel 1:26-28

And above the expanse that is over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, is the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.

John 15:24

if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;

2 Corinthians 4:6

because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:13

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate us into the reign of the Son of His love,

Colossians 1:16-17

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

1 Timothy 6:16

who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom is honour and might age-during! Amen.

Hebrews 1:6

and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, 'And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;'

Hebrews 11:27

by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;

Numbers 12:8

mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and by an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?'