Colossians 1:17
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
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Psalms 75:3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah
Isaiah 43:11I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
Micah 5:2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto 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 →