The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him (Christ) all things were
created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things
have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 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. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
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