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Colossians 1:15-20, New Living Translation

Christ Is Supreme

15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before God made anything at all and is supreme over all creation.[4][Greek He is the firstborn of all creation. ]
16 Christ is the one through whom God created everything in heaven and earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see—kings, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities. Everything has been created through him and for him.
17 He existed before everything else began, and he holds all creation together.
        18 Christ is the head of the church, which is his body. He is the first of all who will rise from the dead,[5][Greek He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead. ] so he is first in everything.
19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ,
20 and by him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of his blood on the cross.