Colossians 1:16-18

16For by
That is,  by means of; or in
him all things were created, bin heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether cthrones or ddominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ethrough him and for him.
17And fhe is before all things, and in him all things ghold together. 18And hhe is the head of the body, the church. He is ithe beginning, jthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
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