Colossians 1:17
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
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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 bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Isaiah 43:11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he comes forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose activities forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work.
John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify you me with yours own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.
1 Corinthians 8:6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in 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 →