Colossians 1:17 BSB

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
αὐτός	autos	He himself	G846 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
πρὸ	pro	before	G4253 →
πάντων,	pantōn	all things,	G3956 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
πάντα	panta	all things	G3956 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
συνέστηκεν,	sunestēken	have held together,	G4921 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
leads to
- Colossians 1:15–17
  The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 4:11
  “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
Through
Acts 17:28
‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
leads to
- Job 12:10
  The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
- Hebrews 1:3
  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
- Psalms 36:9
  For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Through
John 8:58
“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
leads to
- Exodus 3:14
  God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
Through
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
leads to
- John 1:1–3
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Through
1 Corinthians 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…
leads to
- Romans 11:36
  For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’John 1:1–3In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Psalms 75:3When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.Colossians 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.Proverbs 8:22–23The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.Proverbs 8:22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.Isaiah 43:11–13I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.Revelation 2:8To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

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