Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Holman Bible
and by Him all things
International Standard Version
He himself existed before anything else did, and he holds all things together.
A Conservative Version
And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.
American Standard Version
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
Amplified
And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.]
An Understandable Version
And He existed before all things and all things are held together by Him.
Anderson New Testament
and he is before all things, and by him all things consist:
Bible in Basic English
He is before all things, and in him all things have being.
Common New Testament
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and by him all things consist.
Darby Translation
And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.
Godbey New Testament
and he before all things, and all things consist in him:
John Wesley New Testament
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist, And he is the head of his body the church;
Julia Smith Translation
And he is before all, and all things have been established by him.
King James 2000
And he is before all things, and by him all things are held together.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and he himself is before all [things], and in him all [things] are held together,
Modern King James verseion
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All things are created by him, and in him, and he is before all things, and in him all things have their being.
Moffatt New Testament
he is prior to all, and all coheres in him.
Montgomery New Testament
and HE IS before all, and in him all things subsist.
NET Bible
He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
New Heart English Bible
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
Noyes New Testament
and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.
Sawyer New Testament
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist,
The Emphasized Bible
And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.
Twentieth Century New Testament
All has been created through him and for him. He was before all things, and all things unite in him;
Webster
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Weymouth New Testament
And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.
Williams New Testament
So He existed before all things, and through Him all things are held together.
World English Bible
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
Worrell New Testament
and He is before all things, and in Him all things have held together.
Worsley New Testament
He is before all, and by Him all things subsist.
Youngs Literal Translation
and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.
Themes
Body » Jesus Christ being the head of the body (the church)
Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As eternal
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As supporter and preserver of all things
Creation » Everything being created by the word of God (jesus Christ)
Jesus Christ » Preexistence of
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ existing before all things
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Supporter and preserver of all things
Pleasure » What is pleasing to the lord
Power » Of Christ » Upholding all things
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
πᾶς
Pas
all, all things, every, all men, whosoever, everyone, whole, all manner of, every man, no Trans, every thing, any, whatsoever, whosoever 9 , always , daily , any thing, no , not tr,
Usage: 704
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:17
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:17
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:17
Images Colossians 1:17
Prayers for Colossians 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
16 for it was through him that everything was created in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, angelic thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities??ll things were created through him and for him. 17 He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all. 18 He is the head of the church, it is his body; for he is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead??hat he might come to stand first in everything.
Cross References
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, "I tell you, I existed before Abraham was born!"
Hebrews 1:3
He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,
Revelation 1:8
"I am the Alpha and the Omega." says the Lord God, who is and was and is coming, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:17
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. But he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,
John 1:1-3
In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine.
John 5:17-18
But he answered them, "My Father is still at work, and I work too."
John 17:5
Now, Father, do such honor to me in your presence as I had done me there before the world existed.
Acts 17:28
For it is through union with him that we live and move and exist, as some of your poets have said, " 'For we are also his offspring.'
Colossians 1:15
He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature,
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same today that he was yesterday, and he will be so forever.
Revelation 1:11
say, "Write what you see in a roll and send it to the seven churches??o Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
Revelation 2:8
"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: " 'The first and the last, who died and came to life again, speaks thus: