Before All Things (Colossians 1:17)

17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Christ pre-existed everything in the universe – a statement that also reinforces the idea that he and God the Father are one and equal. This verse also suggests his superiority over everything and thus echoes “firstborn” that was used earlier. Not only did he

The Portrait of God (Colossians 1:15)

15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. In the original Greek, the first word is “He” which clearly refers to the Son (and in some translations, such as here, the word “Son” is used). He has brought us redemption as Paul said in the previous verses. The Son is the image