“He
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him
all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by
him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the
firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the
supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and
through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or
things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Once
you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil
behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ physical body through death
to present you holy in his sight without blemish and free from accusation – if
you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held
out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you have heard and that has been
proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a
servant. “
Colossians 1 : 15
– 23 (NIV)
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