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Colossians 1:15

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature. ^{▼▼1:15 The firstborn: That is, first begotten; as the Evangelist declares, the only begotten of his Father: hence, St. Chrisostom explains firstborn, not first created, as he was not created at all, but born of his Father before all ages; that is, coeval with the Father and with the Holy Ghost.(Challoner)}