^{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.

^{19 Ref} For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

^{20 Ref} Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.