Colossians 1:11-20

New International Version

¹¹ being strengthened with all power^(A) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,^{(B) 12} and giving joyful thanks to the Father,^(C) who has qualified you^[a] to share in the inheritance^(D) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.^{(E) 13} For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness^(F) and brought us into the kingdom^(G) of the Son he loves,^{(H) 14} in whom we have redemption,^(I) the forgiveness of sins.^(J)

The Supremacy of the Son of God

¹⁵ The Son is the image^(K) of the invisible God,^(L) the firstborn^(M) over all creation. ¹⁶ For in him all things were created:^(N) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;^(O) all things have been created through him and for him.^{(P) 17} He is before all things,^(Q) and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸ And he is the head^(R) of the body, the church;^(S) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(T) from among the dead,^(U) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹ For God was pleased^(V) to have all his fullness^(W) dwell in him, ²⁰ and through him to reconcile^(X) to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,^(Y) by making peace^(Z) through his blood,^(AA) shed on the cross.