Passage
Colossians 1
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Doctrine
Christ as Head of the Church
Reuses Haupt exactly from the Ephesians package; distinguish 1:18's resurrection-priority 'firstborn' from 1:15's rank-supremacy sense.
COL.1.18
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Glossary Term
Creator And Sustainer Of All
NEW.
COL.1.15-17
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Glossary Term
Firstborn From The Dead
NEW.
COL.1.18
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Glossary Term
Firstborn Of Creation
NEW.
COL.1.15-17
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Glossary Term
Fullness And Reconciliation
NEW.
COL.1.19-23
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Glossary Term
Head
Inherited from Ephesians package, unchanged.
COL.1.18
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Glossary Term
Image Of The Invisible God
NEW.
COL.1.15-17
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Glossary Term
Mystery Of Christ
Inherited from Ephesians package, unchanged.
COL.1.24-29
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Doctrine
Reconciliation of All Things
Fülle vocabulary must match 2:9 exactly; universal scope retained without qualification, means kept concretely historical.
COL.1.19-23
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Doctrine
The Mystery: Christ in You
Reuses Geheimnis exactly from the Ephesians package (3:3-9), extended to Christ's indwelling presence.
COL.1.24-29
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Doctrine
The Supremacy and Deity of Christ over Creation
Erstgeborener must never imply Christ was created in time (guard against the historic Arian misreading).
COL.1.15-17