18 He is also the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning,(A)
the firstborn from the dead,(B)
so that he might come to have
first place in everything.
19 For God was pleased to have
all his fullness(C) dwell in him,(D)
20 and through him to reconcile
everything to himself,
whether things on earth or things in heaven,
by making peace(E)
through his blood,(F) shed on the cross.[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:20 Other mss add through him

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

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