Colossians 1:17
And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
In Context
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Psalms 75:3The earth and all the inhabitantes thereof are dissolued: but I will establish the pillars of it. Selah.
Isaiah 43:11I, euen I am the Lord, and beside me there is no Sauiour.
Micah 5:2And thou Beth-leem Ephrathah art litle to bee among the thousandes of Iudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth vnto me, that shalbe the ruler in Israel: whose goings forth haue bene from the beginning and from euerlasting.
John 5:17But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke.
John 17:5And nowe glorifie me, thou Father, with thine owne selfe, with the glorie which I had with thee before the world was.
1 Corinthians 8:6Yet vnto vs there is but one God, which is that Father, of whome are all things, and we in him: and one Lord Iesus Christ, by whome 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 →