Colossians 1:18

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁷ He is before all things,
and by Him all things hold together.
¹⁸ He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.
¹⁹ For God was pleased to have
all His fullness dwell in Him,

All Things

Firstborn from the Dead

Head of the Body

Head of the Church

Rise from the Dead

Ephesians 1:22-23

And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church,

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To Him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

John 3:29-31

He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Ephesians 4:15-16

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ.

Ephesians 5:23

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

Revelation 3:14

“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea:

“The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation says:

Revelation 5:9-13

And they sang a new song:

You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed people
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord and of His Messiah,
and He will reign forever and ever!

Psalm 89:27

I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 52:13

See, My Servant will act wisely;
He will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.

Matthew 23:8

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

John 1:1

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

John 1:16

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
from His fullness,

John 1:27

He is the One coming after me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”

John 3:34-35

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live.

Romans 8:29

For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

1 Corinthians 15:20-23

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For He must reign until He puts all His enemies under His feet.

Ephesians 1:10

for the administration of the days of fulfillment—to bring everything together in the Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church.

Colossians 2:10-14

and you have been filled by Him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Hebrews 1:5-6

For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father, or again, I will be His Father, and He will be My Son?

1 John 1:1

What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we have observed
and have touched with our hands,
concerning the Word of life—

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.”

Revelation 1:18

and the Living One. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Revelation 21:6

And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water as a gift to the thirsty from the spring of life.

Revelation 21:23-24

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Psalm 45:2-5

You are the most handsome of men;
grace flows from your lips.
Therefore God has blessed you forever.

Song of Songs 5:10

W My love is fit and strong,
notable among ten thousand.