Colossians 1:12-16

12 agiving thanks1 to the Father, who has qualified you2 to share in bthe inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He ahas delivered us from bthe domain of darkness and transferred us to cthe kingdom of dhis beloved Son, 14 ain whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Preeminence of Christ

15 aHe is the image of bthe invisible God, cthe firstborn of all creation.
16 For by1 him all things were created, ain heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether bthrones or cdominions or rulers or authorities⁠—all things were created dthrough him and for him.
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