^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 the ^(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. ¹⁹ For ^[e]it was ^(M)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(N)the ^[f]fullness to dwell in Him, ²⁰ and through Him to ^(O)reconcile all things to Himself, ^(P)whether things on earth or things in ^[g]heaven, having made ^(Q)peace through ^(R)the blood of His cross.

²¹ And although you were ^(S)previously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds, ²² yet He has now ^(T)reconciled you in His ^(U)body of flesh through death, in order to ^(V)present you before Him ^(W)holy and blameless and beyond reproach— ²³ if indeed you continue in ^[h]the faith firmly ^(X)established and steadfast, and not shifting from the ^(Y)hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed ^(Z)in all creation under heaven, ^(AA)and of which I, Paul, ^[i]was made a ^[j](AB)minister.

1 ^(A)In the beginning was ^(B)the Word, and the Word was ^(C)with God, and ^(D)the Word was God. ^2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. ^3 (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him ^[b]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. ^4 (F)In Him was life, and the life was ^(G)the Light of mankind.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and ^(A)the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not ^[a]know Him. ¹¹ He came to His ^[b]own, and His own people did not ^[c]accept Him. ¹² But ^[d]as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^(B)children of God, ^(C)to those who ^[e]believe in His name, ^13 (D)who were ^[f]born, not of ^[g]blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

¹⁴ And ^(E)the Word ^(F)became flesh, and ^(G)dwelt among us; and ^(H)we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of ^(I)grace and ^(J)truth.