Colossians 1

Which worship songs are based on Colossians 1?

  1. Reign Above It All — The McClures, Paul McClure, Hannah McClure (2019) Colossians 1:13

    The opening closely reflects Paul’s description of deliverance from the authority of darkness and transfer into Christ’s kingdom.

  2. Revive Us Again — Big Daddy Weave (2008) Colossians 1:13

    The opening identifies Jesus through an unusual formulation linking his sonship to the Father's love. This closely follows Paul's description of the beloved Son, rendered in some translations as the Son of God's love.

  3. The Night Song — CityAlight (2025) Colossians 1:13

    The description of Jesus as rescuing the believer from darkness closely reflects Paul's language about deliverance from the domain of darkness into Christ's kingdom.

  4. Our King Has Come — Elevation Worship (2009) Colossians 1:15

    The opening identifies Jesus as God's image, closely adapting Paul's description of Christ as the image of the invisible God. The song's surrounding emphasis on redemption reinforces the connection to Colossians 1.

  5. Mighty Lord — Kathy Troccoli (2020) Colossians 1:15-18

    The description of Jesus as creation’s supreme ruler and firstborn closely follows Paul’s presentation of Christ as firstborn over all creation and preeminent in everything.

  6. All Things Together — Andrew Peterson (2018) Colossians 1:15-20

    Nearly the entire song closely follows Paul's hymn to Christ as the visible revelation of God, creator and sustainer of all things, head of the church, firstborn from the dead, and reconciler through the cross.

  7. Nothing Left to Say (Live) — Kingdom Kids & Shane & Shane (2023) Colossians 1:15-20

    The opening verses closely follow Paul's description of Christ as supreme over creation, the visible manifestation of the invisible God, the one in whom divine fullness dwells, and the one who reconciles through the cross.

  8. The Name Of Jesus — Aaron Shust (2007) Colossians 1:16

    The creation stanza specifically includes heavenly thrones and dominions among the realities brought into existence through Christ. This enumeration closely follows Paul's account of Christ creating visible and invisible powers.

  9. Above All — Paul Baloche (2008) Colossians 1:16-17

    The opening combines Christ’s existence before creation with his supremacy over created things, thrones, and powers. This cluster closely reflects Paul’s description of Christ as preceding all things and as the one through whom every authority was created.

  10. Be Crowned — Jesus Culture (2018) Colossians 1:16-17

    The chorus presents Christ's sovereignty as extending across both the earthly and invisible orders, closely reflecting Paul's description of all visible and invisible things as created through Christ and held together in him.

  11. Across the Lands — Keith & Kristyn Getty (2013) Colossians 1:16-17

    The description of Christ creating the universe and continually holding it together closely follows Paul's account of his supremacy over creation.

  12. Light of the World — Chris Tomlin (2009) Colossians 1:16-20

    The bridge closely follows Paul's description of Christ as creator and sustainer of everything in heaven and on earth. The later account of reconciliation through His blood and cross specifically adapts verse 20.

  13. I Am — Crystal Lewis (2011) Colossians 1:17

    The chorus attributes the cohesion of all existence to the divine speaker, closely adapting Paul's description of Christ as the one in whom all things cohere.

  14. Majesty of Heaven (acoustic version) — Chris Tomlin (2010) Colossians 1:17

    The chorus closely adapts Paul's description of Christ as the one in whom everything coheres. Its emphasis on sustaining all existence makes this a specific textual connection rather than a general statement of sovereignty.

  15. You Are Forever — ICF Worship (2014) Colossians 1:17

    The second verse’s description of God keeping everything in place closely paraphrases Paul’s statement that all things hold together in Christ.

  16. Epic — John Waller (2015) Colossians 1:17

    The bridge closely adapts Paul's declaration that all things cohere in Christ. Its emphasis on divine sustenance of the entire cosmos reinforces this connection, though the song addresses God without explicitly naming Christ.

  17. Together — Chris Tomlin (2020) Colossians 1:17

    The chorus and outro repeatedly adopt Colossians 1's declaration that all created reality coheres and continues in Christ.

  18. The Best Days of My Life — Jason Gray (2014) Colossians 1:17

    The childhood reflection beneath the stars describes divine love as the sustaining center of existence. This closely echoes Paul's description of Christ as the one in whom all things hold together.

  19. All My Life — John Mark McMillan (2025) Colossians 1:17

    The repeated affirmation that the divine person sustains the coherence of everything closely paraphrases Paul's description of Christ as the one in whom all things remain united.

  20. Center Of Gravity — Crystal Lewis (2011) Colossians 1:17

    The song closely adapts Paul's declaration that all things cohere in Christ, presenting divine power rather than material bonds as creation's ultimate sustaining force.

  21. Take Your Place — Jon Thurlow (2013) Colossians 1:18

    The added appeal for Jesus to hold supreme priority closely adapts Paul's statement that Christ is to have preeminence in everything. It gives a specific biblical formulation to the chorus's request for Christ's central place.

  22. What A Worthy Name — Passion & Chidima (2026) Colossians 1:18

    Jesus is identified with Colossians' titles for the risen Christ and with its declaration that he holds supremacy in everything.

  23. Suficiente + Doxologia - Ao Vivo — fhop music (2025) Colossians 1:18-19

    The combination of Christ's preeminence with the Church identified as his Body specifically reflects Paul's description of Christ as the head of the Body who holds first place and possesses divine fullness.

  24. Hero Over My Head — Kings Kaleidoscope (2019) Colossians 1:19-20

    The song presents the heavenly Christ as bleeding to secure peace, closely reflecting Paul’s teaching that Christ reconciles all things by making peace through his blood on the cross.

  25. Jesus Beautiful — Vineyard Worship (2019) Colossians 1:19

    The song identifies the complete fullness of God as dwelling in the human Jesus, closely reflecting Paul's description of divine fullness residing bodily in Christ.

  26. All Shall Be Well — Tenth Avenue North (2024) Colossians 1:19-20

    The song closely follows Paul's teaching that Christ reconciles all things to himself through the blood of the cross.

  27. White Flag — Chris Tomlin (2012) Colossians 1:20-22

    The movement from inward hostility toward God to peace through Christ’s bodily death closely follows this passage’s account of reconciliation. The combination of rebellion, peace, bodily sacrifice, and the cross makes the connection more specific than a general reference to atonement.

  28. Tears on Your Face — Bethany Barnard (2021) Colossians 1:20-22

    The bridge closely reflects Paul’s teaching that God reconciles all things through Christ and reconciles believers through Christ’s physical body and death. Its combination of universal reconciliation with Christ’s flesh particularly identifies this passage.

  29. Betrayed Redemption — Corpus Christi (2010) Colossians 1:20

    The song explicitly identifies Christ's shed blood as the means of reconciliation, closely adapting Paul's statement that reconciliation and peace come through the blood of Christ's cross.

  30. By the Blood — Dennis Jernigan (2008) Colossians 1:20

    The chorus explicitly connects reconciliation to God with Jesus' blood, matching this passage's distinctive association of reconciliation and peace with the blood of the cross.

  31. Simply Free — Beckah Shae (2008) Colossians 1:22

    The description of being presented before God in holiness and purity echoes Paul's account of reconciliation through Christ's death.

  32. Christ In Me — John Pape (2023) Colossians 1:26-27

    The chorus and bridge directly invoke Paul's description of the previously hidden mystery: Christ dwelling in believers as their hope of glory.

  33. Mountain — Hillsong UNITED (2013) Colossians 1:27

    The bridge applies Paul’s distinctive formulation linking Christ’s presence with the expectation of glory. The surrounding emphasis on Jesus dwelling within believers reinforces the connection.

  34. We Were Far From You — Elevation Worship (2008) Colossians 1:27

    The bridge closely adapts Paul's distinctive description of Christ dwelling within believers, shifting the expression into a communal declaration.

  35. Son of Heaven (Live) — Brandon Lake (2021) Colossians 1:27

    The description of Jesus Christ as the believer’s hope of future glory reproduces Paul’s distinctive formulation concerning the indwelling Christ.

  36. Rewrite This Tragedy — Sara Groves (2025) Colossians 1:27

    The song uses Paul’s distinctive expression for the confident expectation of sharing in divine glory. Its surrounding emphasis on grace and a better ending reinforces the likely allusion.

  37. Son of Heaven — Brandon Lake (2020) Colossians 1:27

    The description of Jesus Christ as the believer's hope of glory directly reproduces Paul's designation of the indwelling Christ.

  38. My Hope Is Jesus — Big Daddy Weave (2024) Colossians 1:27

    Calling Jesus the hope associated with glory closely echoes Paul's identification of Christ as the believer's hope of glory.

Colossians 1 (King James Version)

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.