Colossians 1:12-16

New International Version

¹² and giving joyful thanks to the Father,^(A) who has qualified you^[a] to share in the inheritance^(B) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.^{(C) 13} For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness^(D) and brought us into the kingdom^(E) of the Son he loves,^{(F) 14} in whom we have redemption,^(G) the forgiveness of sins.^(H)

The Supremacy of the Son of God

¹⁵ The Son is the image^(I) of the invisible God,^(J) the firstborn^(K) over all creation. ¹⁶ For in him all things were created:^(L) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;^(M) all things have been created through him and for him.^(N)