Shared Word Translation
Colossians 1
The Supremacy of Christ
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him.
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in everything he might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, making peace through the blood of his cross.