 | Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...governed by any other spirit than by the Spirit of Christ. Wherefore Paul says, ' And he is the head of the body, the Church : who is the beginning, the...firstborn from the dead ; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence' (Col. i. 18). And in another place, ' Christ,' saith he, ' is the head of the Church... | |
 | Richard Alleine - Christian life - 1852 - 402 pages
...invisible God, the first-born of every creature, by whom are all things, who is before all things, the head of the body the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, in whom dwells all fulness, even the fulness of the godhead bodily ; who has made peace by the... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1671 - 576 pages
...to life, yet they died again ; but Christ dieth no more. " Death hath no dominion over him." He was the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might have the pre-eminence. 5. Christ rose as a public person ; " as the first-fruits of them that slept." 1... | |
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...usurpation of His crown, for He is given by the Father to be head to His Church ; ' And He is the head of the body, the Church ; who is the beginning, the...first-born from the dead, that in all things He might have the pre-eminence : ' For it pleased the Father, that in Him should all fulness dwell' (Col. i. 18,... | |
 | Richard Rawlin - Justification (Christian theology) - 1772 - 324 pages
...dead, and become the firft * fruits of them that flept,' i Cor. xv. 20. And ' he is the firft born from the dead, that in all ' things he might have the pre eminence,' Col. i. 18. As in the virtue of his refurrection he will at laft, in the moft glorious manner, accomplifh... | |
 | 1828
...Weeps tears of joy, and bursts into a song. ALPHA. SERMON ON COLOSSIANS I. 18, 19. " And he is the head of the body, the church ; who is the beginning, the...first-born from the dead ; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence: for it pleased the F»thti that in him should all fulness dwell." IN meditating on... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...all things were created by him, and for him ; 17 And he is before all things, 1 8 And he is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the...first-born from the dead ; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence ; 1 9 For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness chvell: 20 And (having... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Theology - 1802 - 526 pages
...things confiji : and he is the head of the body, the church, ivho is the beginning, the firji born from the dead ; that in all things he might have the pre eminence. For it pleafed the Father, that in him Jhould all fnlnefs dwell. In this paflage we have a view given... | |
 | George Fox - 1803 - 436 pages
...principalities or powers, all things were created by him and for him ; he was before all things, and by him all things consist : and he is the head of the...church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead.' So here ye may see that all things were made by Christ Jesus, and created for him, and by him... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - Spiritual life - 1804 - 320 pages
...principalities, or powers ; all things " were created by him and for him. " And he is before all things, and by " him all things consist ; and he is the " head of the...from the " dead ; that in all things, he might " have the pre-eminence. For it pleased " the Father that in him should all ful" nefs dwell." In which scripture... | |
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And he is the head of the body, the church : who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead ; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence. 
