New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:14-20

14 1in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 2He is the 3image of the 4invisible God, the 5firstborn of all creation. 16For 6 7by Him all things were created, 8both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether 9thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--10all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17He 11 12is before all things, and in Him all things 13hold together. 18He is also 14head of 15the body, the church; and He is 16the beginning, 17the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19For 18it was 19the Father’s good pleasure for all 20the 21fullness to dwell in Him, 20and through Him to 22reconcile all things to Himself, having made 23peace through 24the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, 25whether things on earth or things in 26heaven.

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Notes

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

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