Colossians 1:15–16
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15Who is mthe image of nthe invisible God, othe pfirstborn of every creature: 16For qby him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be qqthrones, or rdominions, or stprincipalities, or rspowers: qall things were created uvby him, and ufor him:
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- mSee 2 Cor. 4:4.
- nSee 1 Tim. 1:17.
- oComp. Gk. of 2 Macc. 7:41. So ver. 17, 18. Rev. 3:14.
- pSee Luke 2:7.
- qSee John 1:3.
- qqComp. Ezek. 10:1.
- sEph. 3:10. ch. 2:10, 15.
- t1 Pet. 3:22 (Gk.). See Rom. 8:38.
- sEph. 3:10. ch. 2:10, 15.
- qSee John 1:3.
- uRom. 11:36 (Gk.).
- v1 Cor. 8:6 marg. Comp. Heb. 1:10.
- uRom. 11:36 (Gk.).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
For everything was created by him,
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through him and for him.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, because all things in the heavens and on the earth were created by him, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all things were created through him and for him,
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