Colossians 1:18

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Colossians 1:18 — American Standard Version

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Context — Colossians 1

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15who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

16for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

17and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;

20and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

21And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

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