Colossians 1:16
For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.
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15He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.
17And he is before all, and in him all things continue.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O Lord, is magnificence and power and glory, and also victory; and to you is praise. For all the things that are in heaven and on earth are yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are above all rulers.
Proverbs 16:4The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day.
Isaiah 43:21This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
John 1:3All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.
Romans 11:36For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.
Ephesians 1:10in the dispensation of the fullness of time, so as to renew in Christ everything that exists through him in heaven and on earth.
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 →