Colossians 1:18

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.

And {G2532} he {G846} is {G2076} the head {G2776} of the body {G4983}, the church {G1577}: who {G3739} is {G2076} the beginning {G746}, the firstborn {G4416} from {G1537} the dead {G3498}; that {G2443} in {G1722} all {G3956} things he {G846} might have {G1096} the preeminence {G4409}.

Also he is head of the Body, the Messianic Community — he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might hold first place in everything.

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

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

  • Ephesians 1:22 (35 votes)

    And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church,

  • Ephesians 1:23 (35 votes)

    Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

  • Revelation 1:5 (34 votes)

    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 (19 votes)

    But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:

  • Ephesians 4:16 (19 votes)

    From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:20 (19 votes)

    ¶ But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:23 (19 votes)

    But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.