Colossians 1:18-23

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¹⁸He is also the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning,^(A)
the firstborn from the dead,^(B)
so that he might come to have
first place in everything.
¹⁹For God was pleased to have
all his fullness^(C) dwell in him,^(D)
²⁰and through him to reconcile
everything to himself,
whether things on earth or things in heaven,
by making peace^(E)
through his blood,^(F) shed on the cross.^[a]^(G)

²¹Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds as expressed in your evil actions. ²²But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death,^(H) to present you holy, faultless,^(I) and blameless before him^(J)— ²³if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith^(K) and are not shifted away from the hope^(L) of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation^(M) under heaven,^(N) and I, Paul,^(O) have become a servant of it.

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1:20 Other mss add through him

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