Colossians 1:17
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- og han er før alle ting, og alle ting står ved ham.
- OTB
- Han eksisterte før alle ting, og ved ham holdes alle ting sammen.
- B1930
- og han er før alle ting, og alle ting står ved ham.
- BSB
- He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
- KJV
- And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
- WEB
- He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
- ASV
- and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
- DARBY
- And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him.
- BLB
- And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
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Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 8:6
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Les i sammenhengJohn 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Les i sammenhengJohn 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Les i sammenhengJohn 1:1–3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Les i sammenhengActs 17:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 75:3
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Les i sammenhengRevelation 1:8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
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