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- He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
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- For in him were created all things
in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether thrones
whether dominions
whether rulers
whether authorities
all things through him and for [into] him have been created,
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- And he himself is before all things,
and in him all things hold together.
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- And he himself is the head
of the body, the church,
- He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that in all things he himself has become pre-eminent
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- For in him [the Father] was pleased that all [his] fullness should dwell,
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- and through him to reconcile into him[self] all things,
by making peace through the blood of his cross,
through him,
whether things on earth
whether things in heaven,
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