ach. 3:15; Eph. 5:20
dSee Acts 26:18
e1 Thess. 1:10
fLuke 22:53; Eph. 6:12
g2 Pet. 1:11
h[Eph. 1:6]
iSee Eph. 1:7
jSee 2 Cor. 4:4
kSee 1 Tim. 1:17
l[Ps. 89:27]; See Rom. 8:29
nEph. 1:10
o[Ezek. 10:1]
pEph. 1:21
qRom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 8:6
r[John 8:58]; See John 1:1
s[Heb. 1:3]
tSee Eph. 1:22, 23
uRev. 3:14
vActs 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20; Rev. 1:5
wch. 2:9
xSee John 1:16
ySee 2 Cor. 5:18; Eph. 1:10
zSee Eph. 2:14
aa[Eph. 2:13]
abSee Eph. 2:1, 2, 12
ac[Titus 1:16]

Colossians 1:12-21

12 agiving thanks ▼
▼Or  patience, with joy giving thanks
 to the Father, who has qualified you ▼
▼Some manuscripts us
 to share in dthe inheritance of the saints in light. 13He ehas delivered us from fthe domain of darkness and transferred us to gthe kingdom of hhis beloved Son, 14 iin whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Preeminence of Christ

15 jHe is the image of kthe invisible God, lthe firstborn of all creation. 16For by ▼
▼That is,  by means of; or in
 him all things were created, nin heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether othrones or pdominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created qthrough him and for him. 17And rhe is before all things, and in him all things shold together. 18And the is the head of the body, the church. He is uthe beginning, vthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19For win him all the xfullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20and ythrough him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, zmaking peace aaby the blood of his cross.

21 abAnd you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, acdoing evil deeds,
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