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

From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:

And he said to me, It is done. I am the First and the Last, the start and the end. I will freely give of the fountain of the water of life to him who is in need.

I am the First and the Last, the start and the end.

The firstborn

Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.

But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

In all

You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand.

See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.

But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.

To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.

And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb.