Colossians 1:17
And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 75:3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah.
Isaiah 43:11I, I [am] Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
Micah 5:2(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)
John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.
John 17:5and now glorify *me*, *thou* Father, along with thyself, with the glory which I had along with thee before the world was.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet to us [there is] one God, the Father, of whom all things, and *we* for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and *we* by 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 →