| 15 | He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; |
| 16 | for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities -- all things were created through him and for him. |
| 17 | He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. |
| 18 | He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent. |
| 19 | For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell, |
| 20 | and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. |