Colossians 1:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

The beginning

The firstborn

In all

Bible References

The beginning

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

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

The firstborn

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

In all

Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.

Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.

For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet.

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?

And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.

And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.