Colossians 1:17

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁶ Because, in him, were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the things seen and the things unseen, whether thrones or lordships or principalities or authorities, - they all, through him and for him, have been created, ¹⁷ And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together; ¹⁸ And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent; -

All Things

Created Through Him

John 8:58

Jesus said unto them - Verily, verily, I say unto you: Before, Abraham, came into existence, I, am.

1 Corinthians 8:6

Yet, to us, there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and, we, for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and, we, through him.

Hebrews 1:3

Who, being an eradiated brightness of his glory, and an exact representation of his very being, also bearing up all things by the utterance of his power, purification of sins, having achieved, sat down on the right hand of the majesty in high places:

Revelation 1:8

I, am, the A, and, the Z, saith the Lord, - the, God who Is, and who Was, and who is Coming, The Almighty.

Revelation 1:17

And, when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead, and he laid his right hand upon me, saying - Do not fear! I, am the First, and the Last,

1 Samuel 2:8

Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.

Psalm 75:3

Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. Selah.

Proverbs 8:22-23

Yahweh, had constituted me the beginning of his way, before his works, at the commencement of that time;

Isaiah 43:11-13

I - I, am Yahweh, - And there is none besides me ready to save:

Isaiah 44:6

Thus saith Yahweh - King of Israel, Even his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts, - I, am, First, and, I, Last, And besides me, there is no God.

Micah 5:2

Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel, - whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age-past time.

John 1:1-3

Originally, was, the Word, and, the Word, was, with God; and, the Word, was, God.

John 5:17-18

But, he, answered them - My Father, until even now, is working; and, I, am working.

John 17:5

And, now, glorify me - thou, Father! with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world's existence, with thee.

Acts 17:28

For, in him, we live and move and are: as, even some of your own poets, have said - For, his offspring also, we are.

Colossians 1:15

Who, is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn of all creation, -

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to-day, is the same, - and unto the ages.

Revelation 1:11

saying - What thou seest, write in a scroll, and send unto the Seven Assemblies, - unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, - and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, - and unto Laodicea.

Revelation 2:8

And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Smyrna, write: - These things, saith the first and the last, who became dead, and lived: