18 He is also (A)head of (B)the body, the church; and He is (C)the beginning, (D)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19 For [a]it was (E)the Father’s good pleasure for all (F)the [b]fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to (G)reconcile all things to Himself, having made (H)peace through (I)the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, (J)whether things on earth or things in [c]heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:19 Or all the fullness was pleased to dwell
  2. Colossians 1:19 I.e. fullness of deity
  3. Colossians 1:20 Lit the heavens