12 Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us for the participation of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light, 13 who rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have the redemption [[through His blood]], the forgiveness of sins, 15 who is the image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation, 16 because all things were created in Him, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him, 17 and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.