¹⁸ And he is the head^(A) of the body, the church;^(B) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(C) from among the dead,^(D) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹ For God was pleased^(E) to have all his fullness^(F) dwell in him, ²⁰ and through him to reconcile^(G) to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,^(H) by making peace^(I) through his blood,^(J) shed on the cross.

²¹ Once you were alienated from God and were enemies^(K) in your minds^(L) because of^[a] your evil behavior. ²² But now he has reconciled^(M) you by Christ’s physical body^(N) through death to present you^(O) holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation^(P)—