^{12 Ref} Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;

^{13 Ref} Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

^{14 Ref} In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

^{15 Ref} Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

^{16 Ref} For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;

^{17 Ref} He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

^{18 Ref} And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.

^{12 Ref} giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

^{13 Ref} who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

^{14 Ref} in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

^{15 Ref} who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

^{16 Ref} for 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;

^{17 Ref} and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

^{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.