Colossians 1:12-20
Chapter 1
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Consistently thank the Father who has empowered us to receive our portion in the inheritance of the saints in his kingdom of light.
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He rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.
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He is the image of the unseen God,
and for all creation, he is the firstborn.
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For, in him, all things were created:
things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible:
Thrones, rulers, authorities, powers.
All was made through him and for him.
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He is before all things,
and in him all things hold together.
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And he is the head of the body, which is the Church,
for he is the first to rise from the dead,
so that he might be the first in everything.
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For God was pleased to dwell fully in him.
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Through him, God chose to reconcile all things to himself,
and through his blood shed on the cross,
God establishes peace on earth as well as in heaven.