¹⁵ who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; ¹⁶ for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; ¹⁷ and he is before all things, and in him all things ^[a]consist.

⁵ And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, ^[a]Write: for these words are faithful and true.