Colossians 1:17 (KJV)
“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”
Colossians 1:17 is verse of the day number 229 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “In Him all things hold together”. It comes from Colossians 1, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Colossians 1:17 in other translations
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Colossians 1:17 in context
Colossians 1:14–20 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Cross-references for Colossians 1:17
Passages most often linked to Colossians 1:17, strongest connections first.
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;
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.
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.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
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