Colossians 1:18

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁷ So He existed before all things, and through Him all things are held together. ¹⁸ Yes, He is the Head of the church as His body. For He is the beginning, the first-born among the dead, so that He alone should stand first in everything. ¹⁹ It is so because it was the divine choice that all the divine fullness should 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 so He has put all things under His feet and made Him the supreme Head of the church,

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Sovereign of the kings of the earth. To Him who ever loves us and once for all released us from our sins by His blood,

Acts 26:23

if the Christ should suffer, and by being the first to rise from the dead was to proclaim the light to the Jewish people and to the heathen."

John 3:29-31

It is the bridegroom who has the bride, but the bridegroom's friend, who stands outside and listens to him, is very happy to hear the bridegroom's voice. So this happiness of mine is running over.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to realize the fact that Christ is the Head of every man, that the husband is the head of the wife, and that God is the Head of Christ.

Ephesians 4:15-16

But, on the other hand, we shall go on holding to the truth and in love growing up into perfect union with Him, that is, Christ Himself who is the Head.

Ephesians 5:23

for a husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the Head of the church, His body, and Saviour of it.

Revelation 3:14

"To the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: 'The Amen, the true and faithful witness, the origin of God's creation, speaks as follows:

Revelation 5:9-13

Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the book and break its seals, because you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation,

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and loud voices were heard in heaven, saying, "The sovereignty of the world has come into the possession of our Lord and His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever."

Matthew 23:8

But as for you, you must not seek for others to call you 'Teacher,' for you have but one who is 'Teacher,' and you are all brothers.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came up to them, and said, "Full authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John 1:1

In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself.

John 1:16

For from His bounty we have all received spiritual blessing after spiritual blessing.

John 1:27

He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."

John 3:34-35

For He whom God has sent continues to speak the words of God, for God continues to give Him the Spirit without measure.

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life myself. Whoever continues to believe in me will live right on even though he dies,

Romans 8:29

For those on whom He set His heart beforehand He marked off as His own to be made like His Son, that He might be the eldest of many brothers;

1 Corinthians 15:20-23

But in reality Christ has been raised from the dead, the first to be raised of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:25

for He must continue to be king until He puts all His enemies under His feet.

Ephesians 1:10

so that, at the coming of the climax of the ages, everything in heaven and on earth should be unified through Christ,

Colossians 1:24

I am now glad to be suffering for you, and in my own person I am filling in what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for His body, that is, the church.

Colossians 2:10-14

and through union with Him you too are filled with it. He is the Head of all principalities and dominions.

Hebrews 1:5-6

For to what angel did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have become your Father"?

1 John 1:1

It is what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, what our own hands have touched, about the very message of life --

Revelation 1:8

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

Revelation 1:18

yea, the ever-living One. I once was dead, but now I live forever and ever. I carry the keys of death and the underworld.

Revelation 21:6

He further said to me: "They have come true. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I myself, without cost, will give to anyone who is thirsty water from the springs of living water.

Revelation 21:23-24

The city does not need the sun or moon to shine in it, for the glory of God has lighted it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Revelation 22:13

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