18 He is also the (A)head of (B)the body, the church; and He is (C)the beginning, (D)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19 For [a]it was (E)the Father’s good pleasure for all (F)the [b]fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to (G)reconcile all things to Himself, (H)whether things on earth or things in [c]heaven, having made (I)peace through (J)the blood of His cross.

21 And although you were (K)previously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds, 22 yet He has now (L)reconciled you in His (M)body of flesh through death, in order to (N)present you before Him (O)holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:19 Or all the fullness was pleased to dwell
  2. Colossians 1:19 I.e., fullness of deity
  3. Colossians 1:20 Lit the heavens

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