12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authoritiesall things were created through him and for him.

17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.