Colossians 1:15-18

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.
17And ihe is before all things, and in him all things jhold together. 18And khe is the head of the body, the church. He is lthe beginning, mthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
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