Colossians 1:18
New Living Translation
18 Christ is also the head of the church,
which is his body.
He is the beginning,
supreme over all who rise from the dead.[a]
So he is first in everything.
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- 1:18 Or the firstborn from the dead.
Ephesians 1:22-23
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22 God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. 23 And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.
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Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world.
All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.
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1 Corinthians 15:20-23
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20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. 22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. 23 But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.
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Ephesians 4:15-16
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15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. 16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
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Acts 26:23
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23 that the Messiah would suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, and in this way announce God’s light to Jews and Gentiles alike.”
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Psalm 89:27
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27 I will make him my firstborn son,
the mightiest king on earth.
Matthew 28:18
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18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
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1 Corinthians 11:3
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3 But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.[a]
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- 11:3 Or to know: The source of every man is Christ, the source of woman is man, and the source of Christ is God. Or to know: Every man is responsible to Christ, a woman is responsible to her husband, and Christ is responsible to God.
Revelation 22:13
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13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
Ephesians 5:23
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23 For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.
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John 11:25-26
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25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
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- 11:25 Some manuscripts do not include and the life.
Revelation 21:6
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6 And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life.
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