¹⁵He is ^dthe image of the invisible God, ^ethe firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶For ^fby Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or ^gdominions or ⁵principalities or ⁶powers. All things were created ^hthrough Him and for Him. ¹⁷ⁱAnd He is before all things, and in Him ^jall things consist. ¹⁸And ^kHe is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, ^lthe firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

Reconciled in Christ

¹⁹For it pleased the Father that ^min Him all the fullness should dwell, ²⁰and ⁿby Him to reconcile ^oall things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, ^phaving made peace through the blood of His cross.

²¹And you, ^qwho once were alienated and enemies in your mind ^rby wicked works, yet now He has ^sreconciled ²²^tin the body of His flesh through death, ^uto present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—²³if indeed you continue ^vin the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are ^wnot moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, ^xwhich was preached to every creature under heaven, ^yof which I, Paul, became a minister.

Read in Logos

Colossians 1:15: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Footnotes

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Cross references

d 2 Cor. 4:4; Heb. 1:3
e Ps. 89:27; Rev. 3:14
f John 1:3; Heb. 1:2, 3
g[Eph. 1:20, 21; Col. 2:15]
h John 1:3; Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 8:6; Heb. 2:10
i[John 17:5]
j Heb. 1:3
k 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 1:22
l Rev. 1:5
m John 1:16
n Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:14
o 2 Cor. 5:18
p Eph. 1:10
q[Eph. 2:1]
r Titus 1:15
s 2 Cor. 5:18, 19
t 2 Cor. 5:18; [Eph. 2:14–16]
u[Eph. 5:27]; Col. 1:28
v Eph. 3:17; Col. 2:7
w[John 15:6]; 1 Cor. 15:58
x Mark 16:15; Acts 2:5; Rom. 10:18; Col. 1:6
y Acts 1:17; Eph. 3:7; Col. 1:25