 | Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...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 : and lie is the Saviour... | |
 | 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
...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,... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1795 - 518 pages
...pre-eminency given him; " He is the Head of the body the church, who is the beginning, the firft-born from the dead, that in all things he might have the pre-eminence, Col. i. 18. He that came from above is above all," John iii. 3i. : above all, by nature, as God ; and above... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...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... | |
 | 1828
...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... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - Theology, Doctrinal - 1804 - 462 pages
...things, and by him all things Consist. 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 : And having... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...and by him all things consist; 18 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; 19 For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell : 20 And (having... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - Spiritual life - 1804 - 320 pages
...by " him all things consist ; 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 ful" nefs dwell." In which scripture... | |
 | John Logan - 1807 - 236 pages
...all things consist. In the second view, he calls him the head of the body, the church, 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 ful" ness dwell, and having made... | |
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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... 
