Colossians 1:18

Christ is the head of the church and the firstborn from the dead, so that He has first place in everything. He rules both the new creation and His people.

Cross-references · 34

• Eph 1:22–23And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
• Rev 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
• Eph 4:15–16Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
• 1 Cor 15:20–23But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• Acts 26:23that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
• Matt 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
• Ps 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
• 1 Cor 11:3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
• Rev 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
• Eph 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
• John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
• Rev 21:6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
• Rev 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
• Rom 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
• John 3:29–31The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
• 1 Cor 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
• Col 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• Col 2:10–14And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
• Heb 1:5–6For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
• Rev 21:23–24And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
• Rev 5:9–13And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
• Matt 23:8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
• John 3:34–35For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
• Rev 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
• John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• Eph 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
• Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
• John 1:27He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
• John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
• Isa 52:13Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
• Rev 3:14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
• 1 Jn 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
• Song 5:10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
• Ps 45:2–5You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.

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