Colossians 1:18
ContextNET © | He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn 1 from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things. 2 |
NIV © | And 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. |
NASB © | He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. |
NLT © | Christ is the head of the church, which is his body. He is the first of all who will rise from the dead, so he is first in everything. |
MSG © | And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. He was supreme in the beginning and--leading the resurrection parade--he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he's there, towering far above everything, everyone. |
BBE © | And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place. |
NRSV © | He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. |
NKJV © | And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. |
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NET © | He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn 1 from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn See the note on the term “firstborn” in 1:15. Here the reference to Jesus as the “firstborn from among the dead” seems to be arguing for a chronological priority, i.e., Jesus was the first to rise from the dead. 2 tn Grk “in order that he may become in all things, himself, first.” |