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Andκαὶheαὐτόςisἐστινthe headἡ κεφαλὴof the body,τοῦ σώματοςthe assembly.τῆς ἐκκλησίαςHeὅςisἐστινthe beginning,ἀρχήthe firstbornπρωτότοκοςfromἐκthe dead,τῶν νεκρῶνso thatἵναhe himselfαὐτὸςmay come to beγένηταιfirstπρωτεύωνinἐνall things,πᾶσιν
Colossians 1:18
Study it in the app“And he is the head of the body, the assembly. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may come to be first in all things,”
Paul calls him the image of the invisible God, through whom all things were createdWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 1:18, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the headκεφαλὴkephalē
leader
The one who leads and sustains others, as the Messiah does his assembly.
Where else “kephalē” appears- of the bodyσώματοςsōmatos
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appears- the assemblyἐκκλησίαςekklēsias
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsias” appears- the beginningἀρχήarchē
beginning
The point where something starts: its first moment.
Where else “archē” appears- the firstbornπρωτότοκοςprōtotokos
firstborn
Firstborn.
Where else “prōtotokos” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- may come to beγένηταιgenētai
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genētai” appears- firstπρωτεύωνprōteuōn
be first
Have first place, be first in everything.
Where else “prōteuōn” appears
The context
17And he is before all things, and all things hold together in him.
18 · This verse (above)
19because God was pleased for all the fullness to dwell in him,