Colossians 1:13-23

The Incomparable Christ

13 [a]For He rescued us from the [b]1domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of [c]2His beloved Son,
14 3in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
15 [d]He is the 4image of the 5invisible God, the 6firstborn of all creation.
16 For [e]7by Him all things were created, 8both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether 9thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -10all things have been created through Him and for Him.
17 He [f]11is before all things, and in Him all things [g]hold together.
18 He is also 12head of 13the body, the church; and He is 14the beginning, 15the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
19 For [h]it was 16the Father's good pleasure for all 17the [i]fullness to dwell in Him,
20 and through Him to 18reconcile all things to Himself, having made 19peace through 20the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, 21whether things on earth or things in [j]heaven.
21 And although you were 22formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,
22 yet He has now 23reconciled you in His fleshly 24body through death, in order to 25present you before Him 26holy and blameless and beyond reproach -
23 if indeed you continue in [k]the faith firmly 27established and steadfast, and not moved away from the 28hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed 29in all creation under heaven, 30and of which I, Paul, [l]was made a [m]31minister.

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Cross References 31

  • 1. Ephesians 6:12
  • 2. Ephesians 1:6
  • 3. Romans 3:24
  • 4. 2 Corinthians 4:4
  • 5. John 1:1
  • 6. Romans 8:29
  • 7. Ephesians 1:10
  • 8. Ephesians 1:10
  • 9. Ephesians 1:20; Colossians 2:15
  • 10. John 1:3; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:6
  • 11. John 1:1; John 8:58
  • 12. Ephesians 1:22
  • 13. Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:24; Colossians 2:19
  • 14. Revelation 3:14
  • 15. Acts 26:23
  • 16. Ephesians 1:5
  • 17. John 1:16
  • 18. 2 Corinthians 5:18; Ephesians 2:16
  • 19. Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:14
  • 20. Ephesians 2:13
  • 21. Colossians 1:16
  • 22. Romans 5:10; Ephesians 2:3, 12
  • 23. 2 Corinthians 5:18; Ephesians 2:16
  • 24. Romans 7:4
  • 25. Ephesians 5:27; Colossians 1:28
  • 26. Ephesians 1:4
  • 27. Ephesians 3:17; Colossians 2:7
  • 28. Colossians 1:5
  • 29. Mark 16:15; Acts 2:5; Colossians 1:6
  • 30. Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 1:25
  • 31. 1 Corinthians 3:5

Footnotes 13

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