Colossenses 1

12 *(Eph. 5:20)giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of *Eph. 1:11the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from *Eph. 6:12the power of darkness *2 Pet. 1:11and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 *Eph. 1:7in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

15 He is *2 Cor. 4:4; Heb. 1:3the image of the invisible God, *Ps. 89:27; Rev. 3:14the firstborn over all creation. 16 For *John 1:3; Heb. 1:2, 3by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or *(Eph. 1:20, 21; Col. 2:15)dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created *John 1:3; Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 8:6; Heb. 2:10through Him and for Him. 17 *(John 17:5)And He is before all things, and in Him *Heb. 1:3all things consist.