Colossians 1:11-20

21st Century King James Version

¹¹ strengthened with all might according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

¹² giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

¹³ He hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son,

¹⁴ in whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.

¹⁶ For by Him were all things created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him.

¹⁷ And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.

¹⁸ And He is the head of the body, the church. He 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 fullness dwell,

²⁰ and having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself — by Him, I say, whether they be things on earth or things in heaven.