03 Feb '14 03:19>
Originally posted by RJHindsOf course you pick versions that fit your theories, and skip verse 15 so easliy.
Yes it does. Because the following is also said about Jesue:
[b]For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of t ...[text shortened]... says "that in all things He may have the preeminence."
Do you know what "preeminence" means?
Try this or another dozen I could post..
Colossians 1:15-18
Good News Translation (GNT)
The Person and Work of Christ
15 Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God ( his Father ). He is the
********first-born********
Son ( of many sons ), superior to all created things ( his Father was not created ). 16 For through him ( Jesus ), God ( his Father) created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him ( Jesus ) and for him ( Jesus). 17 Christ existed before all things ( things created ), and in union with him all things have their proper place. 18 He is the head of his body, the church; he is the source of the body's life. He is the
*******first-born Son*******,
who was raised from death, in order that he alone might ( given to him by his Father ) have the first place in all things.
Now if you can somehow possibly still deny that Jesus is God's
******firstborn********
or first to be created, you are saying the whole bible is a lie...