Colossians 1:15-16

The Preeminence of Christ

15 aHe is the image of bthe invisible God, cthe firstborn of all creation. 16For by
That is,  by means of; or in
him all things were created, ein heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether fthrones or gdominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created hthrough him and for him.

Colossians 1:18

18And ihe is the head of the body, the church. He is jthe beginning, kthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
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