He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Colossians 1:16 ESV
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Colossians 1:17 ESV
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:18 ESV
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
Colossians 1:21 ESV
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
