Verse List for COL 1:15

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OET (OET-RV) The son is the visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation

OET-LV who is the_image of _the the invisible god, the_firstborn of _all creation,

ULT He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

UST God’s Son perfectly reveals who God is, even though no one can see God. The Son existed before God created anything, and he has first place over everything that God has created.

BSB [The Son] is [the] image of the invisible God, [the] firstborn over all creation.

MSB [The Son] is [the] image of the invisible God, [the] firstborn over all creation.

BLB He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

AICNT who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,

OEB For Christ is the incarnation of the invisible God – firstborn and head of all creation;

CSB He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

NLT Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,

NIV The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

CEV Christ is exactly like God, who cannot be seen. He is the first-born Son, superior to all creation.

ESV He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

NASB He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

LSB Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

WEBBE & WMBB He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

MSG Christ Holds It All Together (15-20) We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body.

NET He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

LSV who is the image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation,

FBV The Son is the visible image of the invisible God. He was before[fn] all creation,

TCNT He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

T4T God’s Son reveals perfectly what God, his Father, is like, whom no one can see. God’s Son existed before and ranks above everything that God has created.

LEB who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all[fn] creation,

NRSV He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

NKJV He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

NAB He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

BBE Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

Moff He is the likeness of the unseen God, born first before all the creation--

Wymth Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.

ASV who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

DRA Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

YLT who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

Drby who is image of the invisible [fn]God, firstborn of all creation;

RV who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
(who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation;)

SLT Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:

Wbstr Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature:

KJB-1769 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
(Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature:)

KJB-1611 Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first borne of euery creature.
(Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first-born of every creature.)

Bshps Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first borne of all creatures.
(Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first-born of all creatures.)

Gnva Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first begotten of euery creature.
(Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first begotten of every creature.)

Cvdl Which is the ymage of the inuisyble God, first begotte before all creatures.
(Which is the image of the inuisyble God, first begotten before all creatures.)

TNT which is the ymage of the invisible god fyrst begotten of all creatures.
(which is the image of the invisible god first begotten of all creatures.)

Wycl Which is the ymage of God vnuysible, the first bigetun of ech creature.
(Which is the image of God invisible, the first begotten of each creature.)

Luth welcher ist das Ebenbild des unsichtbaren Gottes, der Erstgeborene vor allen Kreaturen.
(which is the Ebenbild the unsichtbaren God’s, the/of_the Erstgeborene before/in_front_of all/everyone creatures.)

ClVg qui est imago Dei invisibilis, primogenitus omnis creaturæ:[fn]
(who/which it_is image of_God invisible, firstborn everyone creatures:)

SR-GNT ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως, ‡

UGNT ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως;

SBL-GNT ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως,

RP-GNT ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως·

TC-GNT ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως,