He is before all things

He is before all things. Colossians 1:17

The Amen; the beginning of the creation of God. — The beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence.

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: when he
established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment. I was daily his delight rejoicing always before him. — Yea, before the day was I am he.

The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. — The author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Revelation 3:14. Colossians 1:18. Proverbs 8:22,23,27,30. Isaiah 43:13. Revelation 13:8. Hebrews 12:2.