Parallel Verses
Amplified
And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.]
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Holman Bible
and by Him all things
International Standard Version
He himself existed before anything else did, and he holds all things together.
A Conservative Version
And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.
American Standard Version
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
An Understandable Version
And He existed before all things and all things are held together by Him.
Anderson New Testament
and he is before all things, and by him all things consist:
Bible in Basic English
He is before all things, and in him all things have being.
Common New Testament
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and by him all things consist.
Darby Translation
And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.
Godbey New Testament
and he before all things, and all things consist in him:
Goodspeed New Testament
He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all.
John Wesley New Testament
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist, And he is the head of his body the church;
Julia Smith Translation
And he is before all, and all things have been established by him.
King James 2000
And he is before all things, and by him all things are held together.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and he himself is before all [things], and in him all [things] are held together,
Modern King James verseion
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All things are created by him, and in him, and he is before all things, and in him all things have their being.
Moffatt New Testament
he is prior to all, and all coheres in him.
Montgomery New Testament
and HE IS before all, and in him all things subsist.
NET Bible
He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
New Heart English Bible
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
Noyes New Testament
and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.
Sawyer New Testament
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist,
The Emphasized Bible
And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.
Twentieth Century New Testament
All has been created through him and for him. He was before all things, and all things unite in him;
Webster
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Weymouth New Testament
And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.
Williams New Testament
So He existed before all things, and through Him all things are held together.
World English Bible
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
Worrell New Testament
and He is before all things, and in Him all things have held together.
Worsley New Testament
He is before all, and by Him all things subsist.
Youngs Literal Translation
and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.
Themes
Body » Jesus Christ being the head of the body (the church)
Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As eternal
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As supporter and preserver of all things
Creation » Everything being created by the word of God (jesus Christ)
Jesus Christ » Preexistence of
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ existing before all things
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Supporter and preserver of all things
Pleasure » What is pleasing to the lord
Power » Of Christ » Upholding all things
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
πᾶς
Pas
all, all things, every, all men, whosoever, everyone, whole, all manner of, every man, no Trans, every thing, any, whatsoever, whosoever 9 , always , daily , any thing, no , not tr,
Usage: 704
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:17
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:17
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:17
Prayers for Colossians 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
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For
Cross References
John 8:58
Jesus replied,
1 Corinthians 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father,
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance and only expression of the glory of [our awesome] God [reflecting God’s
Revelation 1:8
Revelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand on me and said,
1 Samuel 2:8
“He raises up the poor from the dust,
He lifts up the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor and glory;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the land on them.
Psalm 75:3
“The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times].
It is I who will steady its pillars. Selah.
Proverbs 8:22-23
“The Lord created and possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old [were accomplished].
Isaiah 43:11-13
“I, [only] I, am the Lord,
And there is no Savior besides Me.
Isaiah 44:6
“For the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts says this,
And there is no God besides Me.
Micah 5:2
“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah;
From you One shall come forth for Me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel,
His goings forth (appearances) are from long ago,
From
John 1:1-3
In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (
John 5:17-18
But Jesus answered them,
John 17:5
Acts 17:28
For in Him we live and move and exist [that is, in Him we actually have our being], as even some of
Colossians 1:15
He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is [eternally changeless, always] the same yesterday and today and forever.
Revelation 1:11
saying,
Revelation 2:8