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Heὅςisἐστινthe imageεἰκὼνof the invisibleτοῦ ἀοράτουGod,τοῦ θεοῦthe firstbornπρωτότοκοςof allπάσηςcreation,κτίσεως
Colossians 1:15
Study it in the app“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,”
Paul says all things were created through Jesus and for himCreationPaul calls him the image of the invisible God, through whom all things were createdWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 1:15, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the imageεἰκὼνeikōn
image
Image, likeness.
Where else “eikōn” appears- of the invisibleἀοράτουaoratou
invisible
Invisible: what cannot be seen.
Where else “aoratou” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- the firstbornπρωτότοκοςprōtotokos
firstborn
Firstborn.
Where else “prōtotokos” appears- creationκτίσεωςktiseōs
creation
All that God made, or a being he made.
Where else “ktiseōs” appears
Translation note
“Firstborn”: it can be understood in a figurative sense: the one who has first place (compare verse 18: “so that he himself may come to be first in all things”).
The context
14in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
15 · This verse (above)
16because in him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.