Cross references

Colossians 1:15

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

Colossians 1:15 BSB

Colossians 1:15 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 23 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 1:3 (104 votes) and John 14:9 (60 votes). 41 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Colossians 1:15 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Hebrews 1:3104 votes

    The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

  2. John 14:960 votes

    Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

  3. John 1:153 votes

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

  4. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

  5. John 1:1840 votes

    No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

  6. John 1:1435 votes

    The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

  7. Psalm 89:2730 votes

    I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

  8. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  9. Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

  10. Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

  11. Romans 8:2920 votes

    For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

  12. Hebrews 1:617 votes
  13. John 3:1616 votes
  14. For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

  15. He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

  16. John 15:2412 votes

Which verses point to Colossians 1:15?

The 10 strongest of 41.