15 He is (A)the image of the invisible God, (B)the firstborn over all creation. 16 For (C)by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or (D)dominions or [a]principalities or [b]powers. All things were created (E)through Him and for Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:16 rulers
  2. Colossians 1:16 authorities

15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all[a] creation, 16 because all things in the heavens and on the earth were created by him, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all things were created through him and for him,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:15 Translated as a genitive of subordination (Wallace, GGBB, 104)