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He is the
image of the
invisible God, the
firstborn of
all creation.
o&? R-NSM ejstin V-PXI-3S eijkw;n N-NSF tou' T-GSM qeou' N-GSM tou' T-GSM ajoravtou, A-GSM prwtovtoko? A-NSM pavsh? A-GSF ktivsew?, N-GSF
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For by Him
all things were
created, both in the
heavens and on
earth,
visible and
invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -
all things have been
created through Him and for Him.
o&ti CONJ ejn PREP aujtw'/ P-DSM ejktivsqh V-API-3S ta; T-NPN pavnta A-NPN ejn PREP toi'? T-DPM oujranoi'? N-DPM kai; CONJ ejpi; PREP th'? T-GSF gh'?, N-GSF ta; T-NPN oJrata; A-NPN kai; CONJ ta; T-NPN ajovrata, A-NPN ei~te CONJ qrovnoi N-NPM ei~te CONJ kuriovthte? N-NPF ei~te CONJ ajrcai; N-NPF ei~te CONJ ejxousivai: ta; T-NPN pavnta A-NPN dij PREP aujtou' P-GSM kai; CONJ eij? PREP aujto;n P-ASM e~ktistai, V-RPI-3S
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He is
before all things, and in Him
all things hold together.
kai; CONJ aujtov? P-NSM ejstin V-PXI-3S pro; PREP pavntwn A-GPM kai; CONJ ta; T-NPN pavnta A-NPN ejn PREP aujtw'/ P-DSM sunevsthken. V-RAI-3S
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He is
also head of the
body, the
church; and He is the
beginning, the
firstborn from the
dead,
so that He
Himself will
come to
have first place in
everything.
kai; CONJ aujtov? P-NSM ejstin V-PXI-3S hJ T-NSF kefalh; N-NSF tou' T-GSN swvmato?, N-GSN th'? T-GSF ejkklhsiva?: N-GSF o&? R-NSM ejstin V-PXI-3S ajrchv, N-NSF prwtovtoko? A-NSM ejk PREP tw'n T-GPM nekrw'n, A-GPM i&na CONJ gevnhtai V-2ADS-3S ejn PREP pa'sin A-DPN aujto;? P-NSM prwteuvwn, V-PAP-NSM
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For it was the Father's
good pleasure for
all the
fullness to
dwell in Him,
o&ti CONJ ejn PREP aujtw'/ P-DSM eujdovkhsen V-AAI-3S pa'n A-NSN to; T-NSN plhvrwma N-NSN katoikh'sai V-AAN
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and
through Him to
reconcile all things to
Himself, having
made peace through the
blood of His
cross;
through Him, I say,
whether things on
earth or things in
heaven.
kai; CONJ dij PREP aujtou' P-GSM ajpokatallavxai ta; T-APN pavnta A-APN eij? PREP aujtovn, P-ASM eijrhnopoihvsa? V-AAP-NSM dia; PREP tou' T-GSM ai&mato? N-GSN tou' T-GSM staurou' N-GSM aujtou', P-GSM ?dij PREP aujtou'? P-GSM ei~te CONJ ta; T-APN ejpi; PREP th'? T-GSF gh'? N-GSF ei~te CONJ ta; T-APN ejn PREP toi'? T-DPM oujranoi'?. N-DPM