he is: Colossians 1:24, Colossians 2:10-14; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 1:10, Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 4:15-16, Ephesians 5:23
the beginning: John 1:1; 1 John 1:1; Revelation 1:8, Revelation 3:14, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:13
the firstborn: John 11:25-26; Acts 26:23; 1 Corinthians 15:20-23; Revelation 1:5, Revelation 1:18