King James Version

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andαὐτόςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isπρὸprobeforeπρόpreposition — “before”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.beforeπάντωνpantōnall thingsπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “all things”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all thingsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πάνταpantaall thingsπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “all things”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all thingsἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.συνέστηκενsunestēkenconsistσυνίστημι (sunistēmi)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “consist”, a completed action with a present resultG4921I place together, commend, prove, exhibit; instrans: I stand with; I am composed of, cohere.consist

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

Translation Note

The clause is αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν. πάντων and πάντα are forms of πᾶς, “all.” ἄλλος and ἕτερος are not in the verse.

The King James Version reads “he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) inserts “other” in both halves.

King James Version. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “Also, he is before all other things, and by means of him all other things were made to exist,” Watchtower Online Library

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Young’s Literal Translation

and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

World English Bible

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

Darby Translation

And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

Douay-Rheims

And he is before all, and by him all things consist.

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