^{15 Ref} who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

^{16 Ref} because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

^{17 Ref} and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.