Colossians 1:15
Colossians 1:15-18 The Message (MSG)
We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body.
Colossians 1:15 King James Version (KJV)
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature
Colossians 1:15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Colossians 1:15 New Century Version (NCV)
No one can see God, but Jesus Christ is exactly like him. He ranks higher than everything that has been made.
Colossians 1:15 American Standard Version (ASV)
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation
Colossians 1:15 New International Version (NIV)
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation.
Colossians 1:15 New Living Translation (NLT)
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation