17 He [a](A)is before all things, and in Him all things [b]hold together. 18 He is also the (B)head of (C)the body, the church; and He is (D)the beginning, (E)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19 For [c]it was (F)the Father’s good pleasure for all (G)the [d]fullness to dwell in Him,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:17 Or has existed prior to
  2. Colossians 1:17 Or endure
  3. Colossians 1:19 Or all the fullness was pleased to dwell
  4. Colossians 1:19 I.e., fullness of deity

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

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