18 He is also the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning,(A)
the firstborn from the dead,(B)
so that he might come to have
first place in everything.
19 For God was pleased to have
all his fullness(C) dwell in him,(D)
20 and through him to reconcile
everything to himself,
whether things on earth or things in heaven,
by making peace(E)
through his blood,(F) shed on the cross.[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:20 Other mss add through him

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