Colossians 1:18

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁷ he is prior to all, and all coheres in him. ¹⁸ Also, he is the head of the Body, that is, of the church, in virtue of his primacy as the first to be born from the dead ??that gives him pre-eminence over all. ¹⁹ For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit,

All Things

Firstborn from the Dead

Head of the Body

Head of the Church

Rise from the Dead

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born from the dead, and the prince over the kings of earth; to him who loves us and has loosed us from our sins by shedding his blood ??6 he has made us a realm of priests for his God and Father, ??to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever: Amen.

Acts 26:23

that the Christ is capable of suffering, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead and bring the message of light to the People and to the Gentiles?"

John 3:29-31

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is heartily glad at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Such is my joy, and it is complete.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I would like you to understand this: Christ is the head of every man, man is the head of woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Ephesians 4:15-16

we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him,

Ephesians 5:23

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also (though he is the saviour of the Body) is the head of the church;

Revelation 3:14

Then to the angel of the church at Laodicea write thus: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God's creation.

Revelation 5:9-13

singing a new song: "Thou deservest to take the scroll and open its seals, for thou wast slain and by shedding thy blood hast ransomed for God men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew; and loud voices followed in heaven, crying, "The rule of the world has passed to our Lord and his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever."

Matthew 23:8

But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

John 1:1

THE Logos existed in the very beginning, the Logos was with God, the Logos was divine.

John 1:16

For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;

John 1:27

and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandal."

John 3:34-35

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God ??God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, "I am myself resurrection and life: he who believes in me will live, even if he dies,

Romans 8:29

For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son ??that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

1 Corinthians 15:20-23

But it is not so! Christ did rise from the dead, he was the first to be reaped of those who sleep in death.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For he must reign until all his foes are put under his feet.

Ephesians 1:10

so to order it in the fulness of the ages that all things in heaven and earth alike should be gathered up in Christ ??11 in the Christ in whom we have had our heritage allotted us (as was decreed in the design of him who carries out everything according to the counsel of his will),

Colossians 1:24

I am suffering now on your behalf, but I rejoice in that; I would make up the full sum of all that Christ has to suffer in my person on behalf of the church, his Body;

Colossians 2:10-14

it is in him that you reach your full life, and he is the Head of every angelic Ruler and Power;

Hebrews 1:5-6

For to what angel did God ever say, 'Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father'? Or again, 'I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me'?

1 John 1:1

It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life

Revelation 1:8

"I am the alpha and the omega," saith the Lord God, who is and was and is coming, the almighty.

Revelation 1:18

I was dead and here I am alive for evermore, holding the keys that unlock death and Hades.

Revelation 21:6

Then he said, "All is over! I am the alpha and the omega, the First and the Last. I will let the thirsty drink of the fountain of the water of Life without price.

Revelation 21:23-24

And the City needs no sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God illumines it, and the Lamb lights it up.

Revelation 22:13

[Relocated to follow vs 16] I am the alpha and the omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the end.