16 For everything was created by Him,(A)
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through Him and for Him.(B)
17 He is before all things,(C)
and by Him all things(D) hold together.
18 He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning,(E)
the firstborn from the dead,(F)
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.

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16 For in him all things were created:(A) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;(B) all things have been created through him and for him.(C) 17 He is before all things,(D) and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head(E) of the body, the church;(F) he is the beginning and the firstborn(G) from among the dead,(H) so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

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