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. 18 And 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 1:22He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, Rev. 1:5the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Reconciled in Christ
19 For it pleased theFatherthatJohn 1:16in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:14by Him to reconcile 2 Cor. 5:18all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, Eph. 1:10having made peace through the blood of His cross.