Colossians 1:18

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁷ and he himself is before all [things], and in him all [things] are held together, ¹⁸ and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything, ¹⁹ because he was well pleased [for] all the fullness to 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 subjected all [things] under his feet and gave him [as] head over all [things] to 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 the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood

Acts 26:23

that the Christ was to suffer [and] that [as] the first of the resurrection from the dead, he was going to proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."

John 3:29-31

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices {greatly} because of the bridegroom'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 [the] head of Christ [is] God.

Ephesians 4:15-16

But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,

Ephesians 5:23

because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

Revelation 3:14

"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God's creation, says:

Revelation 5:9-13

And they were singing a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and bought [people] for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation,

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh angel blew the trumpet, and there was a loud voice in heaven saying, "The kingdom of the world has become [the kingdom] of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign {forever and ever}."

Psalm 89:27

I will also make him [the] firstborn, [the] highest of [the] kings of [the] earth.

Isaiah 52:13

Look, my servant shall achieve success; he shall be exalted, and he shall be lifted up, and he shall be very high.

Matthew 23:8

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus approached [and] spoke to them, saying, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John 1:1

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

John 1:16

For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.

John 1:27

the one who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy {to untie} the strap of his sandal!"

John 3:34-35

For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by 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

because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.

1 Corinthians 15:20-23

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

1 Corinthians 15:25

For it is necessary for him to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

Ephesians 1:10

for the administration of the fullness of times, to bring together all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

Colossians 2:10-14

and you are filled in 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 begotten you," and 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 looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life--

Revelation 1:8

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, the All-Powerful.

Revelation 1:18

and the one who lives, and I was dead, and behold, I am living {forever and ever}, and I hold the keys of death and of Hades.

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me, "It is done! I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give [water] from the spring of the water of life freely.

Revelation 21:23-24

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon, that they shine on it, for the glory of God 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 [the] sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Song of Songs 5:10

My beloved [is] radiant and {ruddy}, distinguished {among} ten thousand.