¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; ¹⁶ for in
him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things
have been created through him and for him. ¹⁷ He himself 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 firstborn
from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.
¹⁹ For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ​