The Supremacy of Christ

1:15 27 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn28 over all creation,29

1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him—all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions,30 whether principalities or powers—all things were created through him and for him.

1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together31 in him.

1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn32 from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.33

1:19 For God34 was pleased to have all his35 fullness dwell36 in the Son37

1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross—through him,38 whether things on earth or things in heaven.