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Passage Lookup: Colossians 1:15-18

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Colossians 1:15
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(F1)He is the (C1)image of the (C2)invisible God, the (C3)firstborn of all creation:
Footnotes:  (F1) - Lit Who is;
Cross References:  (C1) - 2 Corinthians 4:4; (C2) - John 1:1; (C3) - Romans 8:29;
Colossians 1:16
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for (F1)(C1)by Him all things were created, (C1)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether (C2)thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—(C3)all things have been created through Him and for Him.
Footnotes:  (F1) - Or in;
Colossians 1:17
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He (F1)(C1)is before all things, and in Him all things (F2)hold together.
Footnotes:  (F1) - Or has existed prior to; (F2) - Or endure;
Cross References:  (C1) - John 1:1;
Colossians 1:18
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He is also the (C1)head of (C2)the body, the church; and He is (C3)the beginning, (C4)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
Footnotes:  
Cross References:  (C1) - Ephesians 1:22; (C2) - Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:24; (C3) - Revelation 3:14; (C4) - Acts 26:23;
 
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