"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether {they be} …" — Colossians 1:16

Colossians 1:16 · KJV

“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:”

— Colossians 1:16

Verse 15

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Verse 17

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Colossians 1 — Context

In whom we have redemption through his blood, {even} the forgiveness of sins:

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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.

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. {in...: or, among all}

Cross References

Romans 11:36

For of him, and through him, and to him, {are} all things: to whom {be} glory for ever. Amen. {whom: Gr. him}

John 1:3

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

1 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. {in: or, for}

Hebrews 2:10

For it became him, for whom {are} all things, and by whom {are} all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

1 Chronicles 29:11

Thine, O LORD, {is} the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all {that is} in the heaven and in the earth {is thine}; thine {is} the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Hebrews 1:2

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by {his} Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Ephesians 1:10

That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; {even} in him: {heaven: Gr. the heavens}

Isaiah 44:24

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I {am} the LORD that maketh all {things}; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;