^15 [a]He is the ^(A)image of the ^(B)invisible God, the ^(C)firstborn of all creation: ¹⁶ for ^[b](D)by Him all things were created, ^(E)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(F)thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—^(G)all things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ He ^[c](H)is before all things, and in Him all things ^[d]hold together. ¹⁸ He is also the ^(I)head of ^(J)the body, the church; and He is ^(K)the beginning, ^(L)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. ¹⁹ For ^[e]it was ^(M)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(N)the ^[f]fullness to dwell in Him, ²⁰ and through Him to ^(O)reconcile all things to Himself, ^(P)whether things on earth or things in ^[g]heaven, having made ^(Q)peace through ^(R)the blood of His cross.

²¹ And although you were ^(S)previously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds, ²² yet He has now ^(T)reconciled you in His ^(U)body of flesh through death, in order to ^(V)present you before Him ^(W)holy and blameless and beyond reproach— ²³ if indeed you continue in ^[h]the faith firmly ^(X)established and steadfast, and not shifting from the ^(Y)hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed ^(Z)in all creation under heaven, ^(AA)and of which I, Paul, ^[i]was made a ^[j](AB)minister.

^24 (AC)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh ^(AD)I am supplementing what is lacking ^[k]in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of ^(AE)His body, which is the church. ^25 (AF)I ^[l]was made a minister of this church according to the ^(AG)commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might ^[m]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, ²⁶ that is, ^(AH)the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His ^[n]saints, ²⁷ to whom ^(AI)God willed to make known what ^(AJ)the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is ^(AK)Christ in you, the ^(AL)hope of glory. ²⁸ We proclaim Him, ^(AM)admonishing every person and teaching every person ^[o]with all ^(AN)wisdom, so that we may ^(AO)present every person ^[p](AP)complete in Christ.