Colossians 1:18
And hee is the head of the body of the Church: he is the beginning, and the first begotten of the dead, that in all thinges hee might haue the preeminence.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
17And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.
19For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,
Cross References
Psalms 45:2Thou art fayrer then the children of men: grace is powred in thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for euer.
Song of Solomon 5:10My welbeloued is white and ruddie, the chiefest of ten thousand.
Matthew 23:8But be not ye called, Rabbi: for one is your doctour, to wit, Christ, and all ye are brethren.
John 1:1In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God.
John 1:27He it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie to vnloose.
John 3:34For hee whome God hath sent, speaketh the woordes of God: for God giueth him not the Spirit by measure.
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 →