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Colossians 1:17

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

And {G2532} he {G846} is {G2076} before {G4253} all things {G3956}, and {G2532} by {G1722} him {G846} all things {G3956} consist {G4921}.

He existed before all things, and he holds everything together.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 1:3 (41 votes)

    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 (34 votes)

    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.

  • Acts 17:28 (19 votes)

    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 1:1 (17 votes)

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

  • John 1:3 (17 votes)

    All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

  • John 17:5 (16 votes)

    And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

  • John 8:58 (16 votes)

    Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.