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Colossians 1:16

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Colossians 1:16

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For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

Colossians 1:16

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The verses immediately either side, within Colossians 1.

Before

¹⁵He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Colossians 1:16

For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

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¹⁷He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

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