Colossians 1:17

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁶ for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him -- all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers -- all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷ He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him. ¹⁸ He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

All Things

Created Through Him

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for 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 -- the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come -- the All-Powerful!

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

1 Samuel 2:8

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

Psalm 75:3

When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure." (Selah)

Proverbs 8:22-23

The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.

Isaiah 43:11-13

I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me.

Isaiah 44:6

This is what the Lord, Israel's king, says, their protector, the Lord who commands armies: "I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.

Micah 5:2

As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah -- from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.

John 1:1-3

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

John 5:17-18

So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working."

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

Acts 17:28

For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over 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, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Revelation 2:8

"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life: