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[His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/colossians/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is before all things, and by him all things hold together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/colossians/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/colossians/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God's Son was before all else, and by him everything is held together. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/colossians/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Christ existed before all things, and in union with him all things have their proper place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/colossians/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He existed before everything and holds everything together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/colossians/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He himself existed before anything else did, and he holds all things together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/colossians/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/colossians/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/colossians/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/colossians/1.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />And he is before all things, and by him all things are held together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/colossians/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/colossians/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/colossians/1.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br /> And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/colossians/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/colossians/1.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />And He is before all, and by Him all things subsist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/colossians/1.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/colossians/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/colossians/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/colossians/1.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/colossians/1.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />And he is before all thynges, and in hym all thynges consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/colossians/1.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />and he is before all thinges, and in him all thinges haue their beynge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/tyndale/colossians/1.htm">Tyndale Bible of 1526</a></span><br />and he is before all thinges and in him all thynges have their beynge.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/colossians/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/colossians/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/colossians/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/colossians/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he is before all, and all things have been established by him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/let/colossians/1.htm">Literal Emphasis Translation</a></span><br />And He is before all and in Him all stands united together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/colossians/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he is before all, and by him all things consist. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/colossians/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he is before all, and in him all things continue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/colossians/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And he is The One who is before all, and all things exist by him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/colossians/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he is before all things, and by him all things are sustained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/colossians/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />and he is before all things, and by him all things consist:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/colossians/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />and he before all things, and all things consist in him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/colossians/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/colossians/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and by him all things consist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/colossians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/colossians/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />and He is before all things, and in Him all things have held together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/colossians/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />He is before all, and by Him all <i>things</i> subsist.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" 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"></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autos (PPro-NM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">He</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/4253.htm" title="4253: pro (Prep) -- A primary preposition; fore, i.e. In front of, prior to.">before</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantōn (Adj-GNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all things,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-NNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panta (Adj-NNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all things</a> <a href="/greek/4921.htm" title="4921: synestēken (V-RIA-3S) -- To place together, commend, prove, exhibit; instrans: I stand with; To be composed of, cohere. ">hold together.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/colossians/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532. kai (kahee) -- and, even, also">and</a><a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846. autos (ow-tos') -- (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same"> himself</a><a href="/greek/2076.htm" title="2076. esti (es-tee') -- are, belong, call, come, consist"> is</a><a href="/greek/4253.htm" title="4253. pro (pro) -- before"> before</a><a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956. pas (pas) -- all, every"> all</a><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532. kai (kahee) -- and, even, also">, and</a><a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588. ho (ho) -- the"> the</a><a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956. pas (pas) -- all, every"> all</a><a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722. en (en) -- in, on, at, by, with"> things in</a><a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846. autos (ow-tos') -- (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same"> him</a><a href="/greek/4921.htm" title="4921. sunistao (soon-is-tah'-o) -- to commend, establish, stand near, consist"> have consisted.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/colossians/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/846.htm" title="αὐτός rp -nsm- 846">He</a> <a href="/greek/2076.htm" title="εἰμί v- 3-s--pai 2076"> is</a> <a href="/greek/4253.htm" title="πρό p- 4253"> before</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="πᾶς a- -gpn- 3956"> all</a> things, <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="καί c- 2532">and</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="ἐν p- 1722"> by</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="αὐτός rp -dsm- 846"> Him</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="ὁ ra -npn- 3588"> all</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="πᾶς a- -npn- 3956"></a> things <a href="/greek/4921.htm" title="συνίστημι v- 3-s--xai 4921"> hold together</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/colossians/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/4253.htm" title="4253. pro (pro) -- before">He is before</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956. pas (pas) -- all, every">all</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956. pas (pas) -- all, every">things, and in Him all things</a> <a href="/greek/4921.htm" title="4921. sunistao (soon-is-tah'-o) -- to commend, establish, stand near, consist">hold together.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/colossians/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532. kai (kahee) -- and, even, also">And</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846. autos (ow-tos') -- (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same">he</a> <a href="/greek/2076.htm" title="2076. esti (es-tee') -- are, belong, call, come, consist">is</a> <a href="/greek/4253.htm" title="4253. pro (pro) -- before">before</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956. pas (pas) -- all, every">all things,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532. kai (kahee) -- and, even, also">and</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722. en (en) -- in, on, at, by, with">by</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846. autos (ow-tos') -- (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same">him</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956. pas (pas) -- all, every">all things</a> <a href="/greek/4921.htm" title="4921. sunistao (soon-is-tah'-o) -- to commend, establish, stand near, consist">consist.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../colossians/1-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Colossians 1:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Colossians 1:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../colossians/1-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Colossians 1:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Colossians 1:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>