^{18 Ref} 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.

^{19 Ref} For it was the good pleasure `of the Father' that in him should all the fulness dwell;

^{20 Ref} and 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.