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Colossians 1:17-19
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Colossians 1:17-19
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17 The Son was there before anything was made.
And all things continue because of him.
18 He is the head of the body, which is the church.
He is the beginning of everything else.
And he is the first among all who will be raised from death.[a]
So in everything he is most important.
19 God was pleased for all of himself to live in the Son.
Footnotes
- Colossians 1:18 first … death Literally, “firstborn from the dead.”
Colossians 1:17-19
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Colossians 1:17-19
New International Version
17 He is before all things,(A) and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head(B) of the body, the church;(C) he is the beginning and the firstborn(D) from among the dead,(E) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased(F) to have all his fullness(G) dwell in him,
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