Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
and by him all things consist.
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.
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:
Goodspeed New Testament
He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all.
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
Prayers for Colossians 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
16 for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are on earth, both visible and invisible, the thrones, and the sovereigntys, the principalitys, and the powers: all were created by him, and for him: he is before all things, 17 and by him all things consist. 18 he himself is the head of the church, which is his body. he is the prince, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be chief.
Cross References
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was I AM.
1 Corinthians 8:6
yet to us there is but one God, the father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Hebrews 1:3
who being the radiation of his glory, and the imprest image of his substance, and governing all things by his powerful command, after having himself made expiation for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the divine majesty in the highest heavens.
Revelation 1:8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who will be, the almighty.
Revelation 1:17
as soon as I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: but he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Fear not; I am the first and the last:
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God.
John 5:17-18
But Jesus answered them, my father works without intermission, and so do I.
John 17:5
and now, O father, glorify me in heaven, with the glory which I had before the creation of the world.
Acts 17:28
are moved, and do exist: even as some of your own poets have said, WE ARE EVEN HIS OFFSPRING.
Colossians 1:15
he is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. be not then misled by artful, novel doctrines:
Revelation 1:11
saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, what you shall see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
Revelation 2:8
And to the angel of the church in Smyrna, write, "THESE things saith the first and last, who was dead, and is alive."