Colossians 1:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsColossians 1:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
αὐτός
autós
G846
he
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
κεφαλὴ
kephalḗ
G2776
head
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
σώματος
sōma
G4983
body
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
ἐκκλησίας
ekklēsía
G1577
assembly
ὅς
hós
G3739
who
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἀρχή
archḗ
G746
beginning
πρωτότοκος
prōtótokos
G4416
firstborn
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
νεκρῶν
nekrós
G3498
dead
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
γένηται
gínomai
G1096
to become
ἐν
en
G1722
in
πᾶσιν
pâs
G3956
all
αὐτὸς
autós
G846
he
πρωτεύων
prōteúō
G4409
to be first
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself might become first among all things.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).