Colossians:1:15-23

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* He is the image of the invisible God , the firstborn over all creation . * For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth , visible and invisible , whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers . All things were created through Him and for Him . * And He is before all things , and in Him all things consist . * And He is the head of the body , the church , who is the beginning , the firstborn from the dead , that in all things He may have the preeminence . * For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell , * and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself , by Him , whether things on earth or things in heaven , having made peace through the blood of His cross . * And you , who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works , yet now He has reconciled * in the body of His flesh through death , to present you holy , and blameless , and above reproach in His sight -- * if indeed you continue in the faith , grounded and steadfast , and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard , which was preached to every creature under heaven , of which I , Paul , became a minister .

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