Colossians 1:18 KJV
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.
Colossians 1:18, King James Version
In context
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.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Cross-references
- Ephesians 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
- Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
- Ephesians 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
- Acts 26:23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.