1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Colossians 1:18

And he is the head of the body, the church, *who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead: that in all things he may hold the primacy.

1 Corinthians 15:20.; Apocalypse 1:5.

He is the head of the body, the church. He now speaks of what applies to Christ as man. --- The first-born from the dead; that is the first that rose to an immortal life. (Witham)