Who is the likeness of the invisible Elohim, the first-born of all creation.

Because in Him were created all that are in the heavens and that are on earth,visible and invisible, whether thrones or rulerships or principalities or authorities – all have been created through Him and for Him.

And He is before all, and in Him all hold together.

And He is the Head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that He might become the One who is first in all.

Because in Him all the completeness was well pleased to dwell,

and through Him to completely restore in kindness all unto Himself, whether on earth or in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of His stake.