^1:18He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn³² from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.³³

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Footnotes

32 See the note on the term “firstborn” in . Here the reference to Jesus as the “firstborn from among the dead” seems to be arguing for a chronological priority, i.e., Jesus was the first to rise from the dead.
33 Grk “in order that he may become in all things, himself, first.”

In other versions

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,

KJV 1900King James Version

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 preeminence.

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