Colossians 1:17 KJV

In context

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18 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.

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Cross-references

• Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• 1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
• John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
• Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
• John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.