Colossians 1:17

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁶ because in him all things are created, in the heavens and upon the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All things were created by him, and unto him; ¹⁷ and he before all things, and all things consist in him: ¹⁸ and himself is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, in order that in all things himself may be preeminent:

All Things

Created Through Him

John 8:58

Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

1 Corinthians 8:6

but there is to us one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we in him.

Hebrews 1:3

who being the brightness of his glory, and the character of his person, and holding up all things by the word of his power, having made purgation of the sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Revelation 1:8

I am Alpha and Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:17

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; and he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

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

And He responded to them, My Father worketh until now, and I work.

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Acts 17:28

For in him we live and move and have our being, as indeed certain ones of your own poets have said, For we are truly his offspring.

Colossians 1:15

who is the image of the invisible God, being the first begotten of all creation,

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.

Revelation 1:11

saying, Write what you are seeing in a book, and send it to the seven churches; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Revelation 2:8

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; The first and the last, who was dead, and is alive, says these things: