17 (A)And He is before all things, and in Him (B)all things consist. 18 And (C)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, (D)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

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17 He [a](A)is before all things, and in Him all things [b]hold together. 18 He is also the (B)head of (C)the body, the church; and He is (D)the beginning, (E)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:17 Or has existed prior to
  2. Colossians 1:17 Or endure

17 He is before all things,(A) and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head(B) of the body, the church;(C) he is the beginning and the firstborn(D) from among the dead,(E) so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

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22 And (A)He put all things under His feet, and gave Him (B)to be head over all things to the church, 23 (C)which is His body, (D)the fullness of Him (E)who fills all in all.

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22 And He (A)put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him (B)head over all things to the church, 23 which is His (C)body, the (D)fullness of Him who (E)fills (F)all in all.

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22 And God placed all things under his feet(A) and appointed him to be head(B) over everything for the church, 23 which is his body,(C) the fullness of him(D) who fills everything in every way.(E)

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