Colossians 1:17

In 9 translations

BSB

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

KJV

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

WEB

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

ASV

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

LSV

and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.

YLT

and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

DBY

And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

DRC

And he is before all, and by him all things consist.

GNV

And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν,

RP2018

καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων, καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν.

TR-Boyd

καὶ αὐτός ἐστι πρὸ πάντων, καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκε.

SCR1894

και αυτος εστιν προ παντων και τα παντα εν αυτω συνεστηκεν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on…
• 1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
• John 1:1–3In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
• John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
• Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
• John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
• Colossians 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
• Psalms 75:3When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
• Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
• Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
• Proverbs 8:22–23The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
• Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
• Isaiah 43:11–13I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me. I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God. Even from eternity I…
• Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
• Revelation 2:8To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
• Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

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