Colossians 1:15-23

New American Standard Bible 1995

^15 [a]He is the ^(A)image of the ^(B)invisible God, the ^(C)firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶ For ^[b](D)by Him all things were created, ^(E)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(F)thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—^(G)all things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ He ^[c](H)is before all things, and in Him all things ^[d]hold together. ¹⁸ He is also ^(I)head of ^(J)the body, the church; and He is ^(K)the beginning, ^(L)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. ¹⁹ For ^[e]it was ^(M)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(N)the ^[f]fullness to dwell in Him, ²⁰ and through Him to ^(O)reconcile all things to Himself, having made ^(P)peace through ^(Q)the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, ^(R)whether things on earth or things in ^[g]heaven.

²¹ And although you were ^(S)formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, ²² yet He has now ^(T)reconciled you in His fleshly ^(U)body through death, in order to ^(V)present you before Him ^(W)holy and blameless and beyond reproach— ²³ if indeed you continue in ^[h]the faith firmly ^(X)established and steadfast, and not moved away from the ^(Y)hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed ^(Z)in all creation under heaven, ^(AA)and of which I, Paul, ^[i]was made a ^[j](AB)minister.