Jesus

He is the image of the invisible God

(for God lives in unapproachable light,

whom no man has seen or can see)

the firstborn of all creation

(whom God appointed heir of all things)

For by Him all things were created,

(for all things came into being through Him,

and apart from Him nothing came into being

that has come into being)

both in the heavens and on earth,

visible or invisible,

(the world was made through Him,

and the world did not know Him)

whether thrones or dominions

or rulers or authorities -

(for there is no authority except from God,

and those which exist are established by God)

all things have been created

through Him and for Him.

(the heavens are telling of the glory of God

and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands)

He is before all things

(the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last,

the beginning and the end)

and in Him all things hold together

(He gives His sheep eternal life and they will never perish;

and no one will snatch them out of His hand)

He is also the head of the body,

the church;

(Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

so that He might sanctify her,

having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word,

that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory,

having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing,

that she would be holy and blameless)

He is the beginning

(before Abraham was born, I AM)

the firstborn from the dead,

(and the first fruits of those who are asleep - for since by a man came death,

by a man also came the resurrection from the dead)

so that He Himself will come

to have first place in everything.

(one day every knee will bow,

of those who are in heaven and on the earth,

and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.)

Colossians 1:15-18

with

I Timothy 6:16; Hebrews 1:2, John 1:3, 10; Romans 13:1; Psalm 19:1; Revelation 22:13;

John 10:28; Ephesians 5:25-27; John 8:58; I Corinthians 15:20,21; Philippians 2:10,11