Colossians 1:17

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁶ For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. ¹⁸ He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

All Things

Created Through Him

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

Hebrews 1:3

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

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 1:17

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,

1 Samuel 2:8

“He raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

Psalm 75:3

“The earth and all who dwell in it melt;
It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.

Proverbs 8:22-23

“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.

Isaiah 43:11-13

“I, even I, am the Lord,
And there is no savior besides Me.

Isaiah 44:6

“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
‘I am the first and I am the last,
And there is no God besides Me.

Micah 5:2

“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”

John 1:1-3

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

John 5:17-18

But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

John 17:5

Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

Acts 17:28

for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

Revelation 2:8

“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write:The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this: