Colossians 1:17 “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

Colossians 1:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

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Cross references

“he”

1 Corinthians 8:6 John 1:1–3 John 8:58 John 17:5 Colossians 1:15 Revelation 1:8

1 Corinthians 8:6 · BSB

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

John 1:1–3 · BSB

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 8:58 · BSB

“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am! ”

John 17:5 · BSB

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

Colossians 1:15 · BSB

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Revelation 1:8 · BSB

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

“and by”

Hebrews 1:3 Acts 17:28 Psalm 75:3 1 Samuel 2:8 John 5:17 John 5:18

Hebrews 1:3 · BSB

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on h…

Acts 17:28 · BSB

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

Psalm 75:3 · BSB

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

1 Samuel 2:8 · BSB

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the wor…

John 5:17 · BSB

But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

John 5:18 · BSB

Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

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