Colossians 1:16-20

English Standard Version

¹⁶ For by^[a] him all things were created, ^(A)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(B)thrones or ^(C)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ^(D)through him and for him. ¹⁷ And ^(E)he is before all things, and in him all things ^(F)hold together. ¹⁸ And ^(G)he is the head of the body, the church. He is ^(H)the beginning, ^(I)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ¹⁹ For ^(J)in him all the ^(K)fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰ and ^(L)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, ^(M)making peace ^(N)by the blood of his cross.