¹⁶ for ^[a](A)by Him all things were created, ^(B)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(C)thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—^(D)all things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ He ^[b](E)is before all things, and in Him all things ^[c]hold together.

¹⁰ and in Him you have been ^(A)made ^[a]complete, and ^(B)He is the head ^[b]over every ^(C)ruler and authority;

⁷ But if the ^(A)ministry of death, engraved ^(B)in letters on stones, came ^[a]with glory ^(C)so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was,

¹⁴ Therefore, since the children share in ^[a](A)flesh and blood, ^(B)He Himself likewise also partook of the same, so that ^(C)through death He might destroy ^(D)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

⁵⁶ The sting of ^(A)death is sin, and ^(B)the power of sin is the Law;