Colossians 1:17
And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 75:3[when] the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved. I have set up the pillars of it. Selah.
Isaiah 43:11I, even I, am LORD, and besides me there is no savior.
Micah 5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, which are little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee he shall come forth to me who is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now and I work.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:13-29
The Redeemer's Dignity; The Work of Redemption; Paul's Preaching. ( a. d. 62.) 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven,… Read the whole commentary →