Colossians 1:11-20

New American Standard Bible

^11 (A)strengthened with all power, according to ^[a]His glorious might, ^[b]for the attaining of all perseverance and ^[c]patience; ^(B)joyously ¹² giving thanks to ^(C)the Father, who has qualified us ^[d]to share in ^(D)the inheritance of the ^[e]saints in ^(E)light.

The Incomparable Christ

^13 [f]For He rescued us from the ^[g](F)domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of ^[h](G)His beloved Son, ^14 (H)in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

^15 [i]He is the ^(I)image of the ^(J)invisible God, the ^(K)firstborn of all creation: ¹⁶ for ^[j](L)by Him all things were created, ^(M)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(N)thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—^(O)all things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ He ^[k](P)is before all things, and in Him all things ^[l]hold together. ¹⁸ He is also the ^(Q)head of ^(R)the body, the church; and He is ^(S)the beginning, ^(T)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. ¹⁹ For ^[m]it was ^(U)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(V)the ^[n]fullness to dwell in Him, ²⁰ and through Him to ^(W)reconcile all things to Himself, ^(X)whether things on earth or things in ^[o]heaven, having made ^(Y)peace through ^(Z)the blood of His cross.