aSee Eph. 1:22, 23
bRev. 3:14
cActs 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20; Rev. 1:5
dch. 5:5; Acts 13:33; Cited from Ps. 2:7
eCited from 2 Sam. 7:14; [Ps. 89:26, 27]
fch. 3:14; John 18:37; 1 Tim. 6:13; [ch. 2:13; Ps. 89:37; Isa. 55:4]
gCol. 1:18; [Ps. 89:27; Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20]
hch. 17:14; 19:16; [Ps. 89:27]
iJohn 13:34; 15:9
j1 Pet. 1:18, 19

Colossians 1:18

18And ahe is the head of the body, the church. He is bthe beginning, cthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Hebrews 1:5

5For to which of the angels did God ever say,

d“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”?
Or again,

e“I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son”?

Revelation of John 1:5

5and from Jesus Christ fthe faithful witness, gthe firstborn of the dead, and hthe ruler of kings on earth.

To ihim who loves us and jhas freed us from our sins by his blood
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