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Colossians 1:17

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

Context

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

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

16For 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.

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

18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

20and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

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