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The Supremacy of Christ

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,(A)

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The Supremacy of the Son of God

15 The Son is the image(A) of the invisible God,(B) the firstborn(C) over all creation.

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He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains[a] all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for[b] sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,(A)

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  1. 1.3 Or bears along
  2. 1.3 Other ancient authorities add our

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory(A) and the exact representation of his being,(B) sustaining all things(C) by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,(D) he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.(E)

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Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?(A)

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Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.(A) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

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In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.(A)

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The god(A) of this age(B) has blinded(C) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,(D) who is the image of God.(E)

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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(A)

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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C)

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14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[a] full of grace and truth.(A)

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  1. 1.14 Or the Father’s only Son

14 The Word became flesh(A) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(B) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(C) and truth.(D)

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18 No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who[a] is close to the Father’s heart,[b] who has made him known.(A)

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  1. 1.18 Other ancient authorities read is the only Son who
  2. 1.18 Gk bosom

18 No one has ever seen God,(A) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](B) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

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  1. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who

who, though he existed in the form of God,
    did not regard equality with God
    as something to be grasped,(A)

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Who, being in very nature[a] God,(A)
    did not consider equality with God(B) something to be used to his own advantage;

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  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of

17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible,[a] the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.[b] Amen.(A)

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  1. 1.17 Or unseen
  2. 1.17 Gk to the ages of the ages

17 Now to the King(A) eternal, immortal,(B) invisible,(C) the only God,(D) be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.(E)

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For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.(A)

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For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(C)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3

29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.[a](A)

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  1. 8.29 Gk among many brothers

29 For those God foreknew(A) he also predestined(B) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(C) that he might be the firstborn(D) among many brothers and sisters.

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27 I will make him the firstborn,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.(A)

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27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,(A)
    the most exalted(B) of the kings(C) of the earth.

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The Message to Laodicea

14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin[a] of God’s creation:(A)

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  1. 3.14 Or beginning

To the Church in Laodicea

14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(A) write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(B) the ruler of God’s creation.(C)

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