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13 [The Father] has delivered and [a]drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son [b]of His love,

14 In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.

15 [Now] He is the [c]exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:13 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Colossians 1:13 Literal translation.
  3. Colossians 1:15 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: Strong terms—thus translated “exact likeness.”

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