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57 But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

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21 Now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else—not only in this world but also in the world to come.

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Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
    and gave him the name above all other names,

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22 Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers accept his authority.

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35 The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.

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10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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64 Jesus replied, “You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right hand[a] and coming on the clouds of heaven.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 26:64a Greek seated at the right hand of the power. See Ps 110:1.
  2. 26:64b See Dan 7:13.

You gave them charge of everything you made,
    putting all things under their authority—

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Christ Is Supreme

15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
    He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,[a]
16 for through him God created everything
    in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
    and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
    Everything was created through him and for him.
17 He existed before anything else,
    and he holds all creation together.
18 Christ is also the head of the church,
    which is his body.
He is the beginning,
    supreme over all who rise from the dead.[b]
    So he is first in everything.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:15 Or He is the firstborn of all creation.
  2. 1:18 Or the firstborn from the dead.

Ministers of the New Covenant

14 But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.

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For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.

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15 In this way, he disarmed[a] the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:15 Or he stripped off.

12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

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Life in the Spirit

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power[a] of the life-giving Spirit has freed you[b] from the power of sin that leads to death.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:2a Greek the law; also in 8:2b.
  2. 8:2b Some manuscripts read me.

14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.

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13 For I can do everything through Christ,[a] who gives me strength.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:13 Greek through the one.

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