18And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:


In Context

15 who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;

16 because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.

17 And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

18 And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:

19 for in him all the fulness of the Godhead was pleased to dwell,

20 and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.

Colossians 1:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he may hold the primacy:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things he may have the pre-eminence.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18And himself is the head of the body — the assembly — who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things — himself — first,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And 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.