Colossians 1:16-19

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16} For ^(a)^(A)by Him all things were created, ^(B)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(C)thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—^(D)all things have been created through Him and for Him. ^{Tools
17} He ^(b)^(E)is before all things, and in Him all things ^(c)hold together. ^{Tools
18} He is also ^(F)head of ^(G)the body, the church; and He is ^(H)the beginning, ^(I)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. ^{Tools
19} For ^(d)it was ^(J)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(K)the ^(e)fullness to dwell in Him,

Footnotes:

a. Colossians 1:16: ['Or ', in]

b. Colossians 1:17: ['Or ', has existed prior to]

c. Colossians 1:17: ['Or ', endure]

d. Colossians 1:19: ['Or ', all the fullness was pleased to dwell]

e. Colossians 1:19: ['I.e. fullness of deity']

Cross references:

A. Colossians 1:16: Ephesians 1:10

B. Colossians 1:16: Ephesians 1:10

C. Colossians 1:16: Colossians 2:15

D. Colossians 1:16: John 1:3; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:6

E. Colossians 1:17: John 1:1; John 8:58

F. Colossians 1:18: Ephesians 1:22

G. Colossians 1:18: Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:24; Colossians 2:19

H. Colossians 1:18: Revelation 3:14

I. Colossians 1:18: Acts 26:23

J. Colossians 1:19: Ephesians 1:5

K. Colossians 1:19: John 1:16