^12 (A)giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of ^(B)the inheritance of the saints in the light. ¹³ He has delivered us from ^(C)the power of darkness ^(D)and ^[a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, ^14 (E)in whom we have redemption ^[b]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

¹⁵ He is ^(F)the image of the invisible God, ^(G)the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶ For ^(H)by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or ^(I)dominions or ^[c]principalities or ^[d]powers. All things were created ^(J)through Him and for Him.

The History of Creation^(A)

1 In the ^(B)beginning ^(C)God created the heavens and the earth.