Colossians 1:17-19

New Living Translation

¹⁷ He existed before anything else,
    and he holds all creation together.
¹⁸ Christ is also the head of the church,
    which is his body.
He is the beginning,
    supreme over all who rise from the dead.^[a]
    So he is first in everything.
¹⁹ For God in all his fullness
    was pleased to live in Christ,