Colossians 1:14-16

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Supremacy of Christ

¹⁵He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born^[a] of all creation; ¹⁶for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

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Footnotes

1.15 first-born: Born of the Father before all ages. The reference here is to the divine person of the Word; see verse 16.

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