Colossians 1:15-18

New American Standard Bible 1995

^15 [a]He is the ^(A)image of the ^(B)invisible God, the ^(C)firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶ For ^[b](D)by Him all things were created, ^(E)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(F)thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—^(G)all things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ He ^[c](H)is before all things, and in Him all things ^[d]hold together. ¹⁸ He is also ^(I)head of ^(J)the body, the church; and He is ^(K)the beginning, ^(L)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.