Colossians 1:15-17
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The Supremacy of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,(A) 16 for in[a] him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things, and in[b] him all things hold together.
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Ephesians 1:23
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23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.(A)
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Ephesians 4:10
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10 He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)
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Psalm 139:7-12
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7 Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?(A)
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.(B)
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me fast.(C)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and night wraps itself around me,”[a](D)
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.(E)
Footnotes
- 139.11 Q ms: MT and the light around me become night
Wisdom of Solomon 11:21-12:2
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God Is Powerful and Merciful
21 For it is always in your power to show great strength,
and who can withstand the might of your arm?(A)
22 Because the whole world before you is like a speck that tips the scales
and like a drop of morning dew that falls on the ground.(B)
23 But you are merciful to all, for you can do all things,
and you overlook people’s sins, so that they may repent.(C)
24 For you love all things that exist
and detest none of the things that you have made,
for you would not have formed anything if you had hated it.(D)
25 How would anything have endured if you had not willed it?
Or how would anything not called forth by you have been preserved?(E)
26 You spare all things, for they are yours, O Lord, you who love the living.(F)
Job 34:14-15
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14 If he should take back his spirit[a] to himself
and gather to himself his breath,(A)
15 all flesh would perish together,
and all mortals return to dust.(B)
Footnotes
- 34.14 Heb his heart his spirit
Acts 17:28
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28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said,
‘For we, too, are his offspring.’(A)
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