Colossians 1:9-20

9For this reason we alsoG2532, from the dayG2250 we heardG191 [of your faith and love], do not ceaseG3973 prayingG4336 and askingG154 for you, to the end that ye may be filledG4137 with the fullG4137 knowledgeG1922 of his will, in all wisdomG4678 and spiritualG4152 understandingG4907,

10[so as] to walkG4043 worthilyG516 of the LordG2962 unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruitG2592 in every goodG18 workG2041, and growingG837 by the true knowledgeG1922 of 1GodG2316;

11strengthened with all powerG1411 accordingG2596 to the might of his gloryG1391 unto all enduranceG5281 and longsuffering with joyG5479;

12givingG2168 thanksG2168 to the FatherG3962, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saintsG40 in lightG5457,

13who has deliveredG4506 us from the authorityG1849 of darknessG4655, and translated [us] into the kingdomG932 of the SonG5207 of his loveG26:

14in whom we have redemptionG629, the forgivenessG859 of sinsG266;

15who isG1510 imageG1504 of the invisibleG517 2GodG2316, firstbornG4416 of all creationG2937;

16because by him were created all thingsG3956, the thingsG3956 in the heavensG3772 and the thingsG3956 upon the earthG1093, the visible and the invisibleG517, whether thronesG2362, or lordships, or principalities, or authoritiesG1849: all thingsG3956 have been created by him and for him.

17And he isG1510 before all, and all thingsG3956 subsist together by him.

18And he isG1510 the headG2776 of the bodyG4983, the assemblyG1577; who isG1510 [the] beginning, firstbornG4416 from among the deadG3498, that he might have the first placeG1096 in all thingsG3956:

19for in him all the fulness [of the 3Godhead] was pleased to dwellG2730,

20and by him to reconcileG604 all thingsG3956 to itself, having made peace by the bloodG129 of his crossG4716 — by him, whether the thingsG3956 on the earthG1093 or the thingsG3956 in the heavensG3772.