Colossians 1:17 KJV — MannaFest

Colossians 1:17

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

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Colossians — Christ is preeminent — creator and sustainer, the head of the body, the reconciler of all things. Against every philosophy and empty deceit, the full sufficiency of Christ.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Acts 17:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
1 Corinthians 8:6
But 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.
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

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(Joh 8:58.) Translate as Greek, "And He Himself (the great HE) is (implying divine essential being) before all things," in time, as well as in dignity. Since He is before all things, He is before even time, that is, from eternity.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Inscription and Apostolical Benediction. 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The inscription of this epistle is much the same with the rest; only it is observable that, 1.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

27 ), in his natural faculties and dominion over the creatures: no, he is the express image of his person, Heb. i. He is so the image of God as the son is the image of his father, who has a natural likeness to him; so that he who has seen him has seen the Father, and his glory was the glory of the only-begotten of the Father, John i.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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COL 1:17HEB 1:3 COL 1:15-17
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COL 1:17ACT 17:28 JOB 12:10
COL 1:17JHN 8:58 EXO 3:14
COL 1:17JHN 17:5 JHN 1:1-3
COL 1:17ACT 17:28 HEB 1:3
COL 1:17HEB 1:3 REV 4:11
COL 1:17ACT 17:28 PSA 36:9
COL 1:171CO 8:6 ROM 11:36

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