a1 Thess. 1:10
bLuke 22:53; Eph. 6:12
c2 Pet. 1:11
d[Eph. 1:6]
eSee Eph. 1:7
fSee 2 Cor. 4:4
gSee 1 Tim. 1:17
h[Ps. 89:27]; See Rom. 8:29
jEph. 1:10
k[Ezek. 10:1]
lEph. 1:21
mRom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 8:6
n[John 8:58]; See John 1:1
o[Heb. 1:3]
pSee Eph. 1:22, 23
qRev. 3:14
rActs 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20; Rev. 1:5

Colossians 1:13-18

13He ahas delivered us from bthe domain of darkness and transferred us to cthe kingdom of dhis beloved Son, 14 ein whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Preeminence of Christ

15 fHe is the image of gthe invisible God, hthe firstborn of all creation. 16For by ▼
▼That is,  by means of; or in
 him all things were created, jin heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether kthrones or ldominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created mthrough him and for him. 17And nhe is before all things, and in him all things ohold together. 18And phe is the head of the body, the church. He is qthe beginning, rthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
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