¹⁸And ^yhe is the head of the body, the church: ^owho is ^zthe beginning, ^z^athe firstborn from the dead; that ^||in ^ball things he might have the preeminence.

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ySee Eph. 1:22, 23.
oComp. Gk. of 2 Macc. 7:41. So ver. 17, 18. Rev. 3:14.
a Rev. 1:5. So Rom. 8:29. Heb. 1:6. Comp. Acts 26:23. 1 Cor. 15:20, 23.
||Or, among all. As ver. 27.
bver. 17, 20.

Cross references

z Gen. 49:3. Deut. 21:17.
z Gen. 49:3. Deut. 21:17.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He is also the head of the body, the church;

he is the beginning,

the firstborn from the dead,

so that he might come to have

first place in everything.

NLTNew Living Translation

Christ is also the head of the church,

which is his body.

He is the beginning,

supreme over all who rise from the dead.

So he is first in everything.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,