Psalm 89:27
New Living Translation
27 I will make him my firstborn son,
the mightiest king on earth.
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.
Footnotes
- 1:18 Or the firstborn from the dead.
Colossians 1:15
New Living Translation
Christ Is Supreme
15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,[a]
Footnotes
- 1:15 Or He is the firstborn of all creation.
Revelation 19:16
New Living Translation
16 On his robe at his thigh[a] was written this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
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- 19:16 Or On his robe and thigh.
Psalm 2:7
New Living Translation
7 The king proclaims the Lord’s decree:
“The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son.[a]
Today I have become your Father.[b]
Romans 8:29
New Living Translation
29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn[a] among many brothers and sisters.
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- 8:29 Or would be supreme.
Numbers 24:7
New Living Translation
7 Water will flow from their buckets;
their offspring have all they need.
Their king will be greater than Agag;
their kingdom will be exalted.
Psalm 72:11
New Living Translation
11 All kings will bow before him,
and all nations will serve him.
Isaiah 49:7
New Living Translation
7 The Lord, the Redeemer
and Holy One of Israel,
says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations,
to the one who is the servant of rulers:
“Kings will stand at attention when you pass by.
Princes will also bow low
because of the Lord, the faithful one,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Psalm 2:10-12
New Living Translation
10 Now then, you kings, act wisely!
Be warned, you rulers of the earth!
11 Serve the Lord with reverent fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Submit to God’s royal son,[a] or he will become angry,
and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
Footnotes
- 2:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Exodus 4:22
New Living Translation
22 Then you will tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.
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Revelation 21:24
New Living Translation
24 The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory.
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2 Chronicles 9:23-24
New Living Translation
23 Kings from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him. 24 Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
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2 Chronicles 1:12
New Living Translation
12 I will certainly give you the wisdom and knowledge you requested. But I will also give you wealth, riches, and fame such as no other king has had before you or will ever have in the future!”
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