22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;

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  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work

22 “The(A) Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.

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Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(A)

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(A)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

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16 For in him all things were created:(A) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;(B) all things have been created through him and for him.(C)

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16 For (A)by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or (B)dominions or [a]principalities or [b]powers. All things were created (C)through Him and for Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:16 rulers
  2. Colossians 1:16 authorities

18 And he is the head(A) of the body, the church;(B) he is the beginning and the firstborn(C) from among the dead,(D) so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

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18 And (A)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, (B)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

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