Colossians 1:15

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹⁴ We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, in Him. ¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
¹⁶ For everything was created by Him,
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through Him and for Him.

All Things

Before God

Firstborn Over All Creation

God Made

On Earth

Firstborn Of Every Creature

Christ

John 1:14

The Word became flesh
and took up residence among us.
We observed His glory,
the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Psalm 89:27

I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God.
The One and Only Son—
the One who is at the Father’s side—
He has revealed Him.

John 3:16

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Romans 8:29

For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Philippians 2:6

who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God
as something to be used for His own advantage.

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 3:14

“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea:

“The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation says:

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

Proverbs 8:29-31

when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

Ezekiel 1:26-28

The shape of a throne with the appearance of sapphire stone was above the expanse. There was a form with the appearance of a human on the throne high above.

John 15:24

If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not have sin. Now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:13

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.

Colossians 1:16-17

For everything was created by Him,
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through Him and for Him.

1 Timothy 6:16

the only One who has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light;
no one has seen or can see Him,
to Him be honor and eternal might.
Amen.

Hebrews 1:6

When He again brings His firstborn into the world, He says, And all God’s angels must worship Him.

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees Him who is invisible.

Numbers 12:8

I speak with him directly,
openly, and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.

So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”