Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Prototokos (the 1st born)

The original Greek word for firstborn (prototokos), speaks not of being born again, but of primacy; headship and pre-eminence.

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.
Colossians 1:18

 

And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world,
he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Hebrews 1:6