AKJV_Strongs(i) 17 G4253 And he is before G3956 all G3956 things, and by him all G4921 things consist. 18 G2776 And he is the head G4983 of the body, G1577 the church: G3739 who G746 is the beginning, G4416 the firstborn G3498 from the dead; G3956 that in all G4409 things he might have the preeminence.