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Colossians 1:15-20 -
The Person & Work of Christ.
Col.1.15-20
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15
He is the image of the invisible God;
his is the primacy over all created things.
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16
In him everything in heaven and on earth was created,
not only things visible but also the invisible orders of thrones, sovereignties, authorities, and powers:
the whole universe has been created through him and for him.
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17
And he exists before everything,
and all things are held together in him.
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18
He is, moreover, the head of the body, the church.
He is its origin, the first to return from the dead, to be in all things alone supreme.
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19
For in him the complete being of God, by God's own choice, came to dwell.
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20
Through him God chose to reconcile the whole universe to himself,
making peace through the shedding of his blood upon the cross -
to reconcile all things, whether on earth or in heaven, through him alone.