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Colossians 1:18

NETBible	He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn¹ from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.²
NIV © biblegateway Col 1:18	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 © biblegateway Col 1:18	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 © biblegateway Col 1:18	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 © biblegateway Col 1:18	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 © SABDAweb Col 1:18	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 © bibleoremus Col 1:18	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 © biblegateway Col 1:18	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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KJV	And <2532> he <846> is <2076> (5748) the head <2776> of the body <4983>_, the church <1577>_: who <3739> is <2076> (5748) the beginning <746>_, the firstborn <4416> from <1537> the dead <3498>_; that <2443> in <1722> all <3956> [things] he <846> might have <1096> (5638) the preeminence <4409> (5723)_. {in...: or, among all}
NASB © biblegateway Col 1:18	He is also <2532> head <2776> of the body <4983> , the church <1577> ; and He is the beginning <746> , the firstborn <4416> from the dead <3498> , so <2443> that He Himself <846> will come <1096> to have <4409> first <4409> place <4409> in everything <3956> .
NET [draft] ITL	He <2532> is <1510> the head <2776> of the body <4983> , the church <1577> , as well as the beginning <746> , the firstborn <4416> from <1537> among the dead <3498> , so that <2443> he <1096> himself <846> may become <1096> first <4409> in <1722> all things <3956> .
GREEK	kai <2532> CONJ autov <846> P-NSM estin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3S h <3588> T-NSF kefalh <2776> N-NSF tou <3588> T-GSN swmatov <4983> N-GSN thv <3588> T-GSF ekklhsiav <1577> N-GSF ov <3739> R-NSM estin <1510> (5748) V-PXI-3S [h] <3588> T-NSF arch <746> N-NSF prwtotokov <4416> A-NSM ek <1537> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM nekrwn <3498> A-GPM ina <2443> CONJ genhtai <1096> (5638) V-2ADS-3S en <1722> PREP pasin <3956> A-DPN autov <846> P-NSM prwteuwn <4409> (5723) V-PAP-NSM

NETBible

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn¹ from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.²

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn Grk “in order that he may become in all things, himself, first.”