22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, ^cIsrael is my ^dfirstborn son,

29 For those whom he ^jforeknew he also ^kpredestined ^lto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be ^mthe firstborn among many brothers.

The Preeminence of Christ

15 ⁱHe is the image of ^jthe invisible God, ^kthe firstborn of all creation.

18 And ^rhe is the head of the body, the church. He is ^sthe beginning, ^tthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,

Or again,