Colossians 1:13-22
New King James Version
13 He has delivered us from (A)the power of darkness (B)and [a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 (C)in whom we have redemption [b]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is (D)the image of the invisible God, (E)the firstborn over all creation. 16 For (F)by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or (G)dominions or [c]principalities or [d]powers. All things were created (H)through Him and for Him. 17 (I)And He is before all things, and in Him (J)all things consist. 18 And (K)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, (L)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Reconciled in Christ
19 For it pleased the Father that (M)in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and (N)by Him to reconcile (O)all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, (P)having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, (Q)who once were alienated and enemies in your mind (R)by wicked works, yet now He has (S)reconciled 22 (T)in the body of His flesh through death, (U)to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—
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- Colossians 1:13 transferred
- Colossians 1:14 NU, M omit through His blood
- Colossians 1:16 rulers
- Colossians 1:16 authorities
Colossians 1:13-22
New Living Translation
13 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who purchased our freedom[a] and forgave our sins.
Christ Is Supreme
15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,[b]
16 for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
17 He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together.
18 Christ is also the head of the church,
which is his body.
He is the beginning,
supreme over all who rise from the dead.[c]
So he is first in everything.
19 For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,
20 and through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
21 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
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