World English Bible
Colossians 1:16
“For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.”
Verse in context — Colossians 1
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in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;
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who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
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For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.
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He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
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He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.