17He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.


In Context

14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;

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

16 For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

18 He 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.

19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;

Colossians 1:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And he is before all, and by him all things consist.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:17and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:17and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.