New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:13-19

13 1For He rescued us from the 2 3domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of 4 5His beloved Son, 14 6in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 7He is the 8image of the 9invisible God, the 10firstborn of all creation. 16For 11 12by Him all things were created, 13both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether 14thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--15all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17He 16 17is before all things, and in Him all things 18hold together. 18He is also 19head of 20the body, the church; and He is 21the beginning, 22the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19For 23it was 24the Father’s good pleasure for all 25the 26fullness to dwell in Him,

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Notes

1. Colossians 1:13 Lit Who rescued ↩
2. Colossians 1:13 Lit authority ↩
3. Colossians 1:13 Eph 6:12 ↩
4. Colossians 1:13 Lit the Son of His love ↩
5. Colossians 1:13 Eph 1:6 ↩
6. Colossians 1:14 Rom 3:24 ↩
7. Colossians 1:15 Lit Who is ↩
8. Colossians 1:15 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
9. Colossians 1:15 John 1:1 ↩
10. Colossians 1:15 Rom 8:29 ↩
11. Colossians 1:16 Or in ↩
12. Colossians 1:16 Eph 1:10 ↩
13. Colossians 1:16 Eph 1:10 ↩
14. Colossians 1:16 Eph 1:20f; Col 2:15 ↩
15. Colossians 1:16 John 1:3; Rom 11:36; 1 Cor 8:6 ↩
16. Colossians 1:17 Or has existed prior to ↩
17. Colossians 1:17 John 1:1; 8:58 ↩
18. Colossians 1:17 Or endure ↩
19. Colossians 1:18 Eph 1:22 ↩
20. Colossians 1:18 Eph 1:23; Col 1:24; 2:19 ↩
21. Colossians 1:18 Rev 3:14 ↩
22. Colossians 1:18 Acts 26:23 ↩
23. Colossians 1:19 Or all the fullness was pleased to dwell ↩
24. Colossians 1:19 Eph 1:5 ↩
25. Colossians 1:19 John 1:16 ↩
26. Colossians 1:19 I.e. fullness of deity ↩

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