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Colossians 1:15

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Colossians 1:15 · BSB

Colossians 1:15 in context

The verses around it, from Colossians 1.

11 being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

16 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

18 And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

19 For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

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Colossians 1:15 in other translations

KJV

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

ASV

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

ERV

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

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