Colossians 1:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ He ·was there before anything was made [^Lis before all things], and all things ·continue [endure; or hold together; unite] ·because of [or in] him. ¹⁸ He is the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning [^Cmeaning (1) the source of the church; (2) the creator of all things; or (3) the beginning/initiator of the end-time resurrection]. He is the ·first one who was raised [^Lfirstborn] from the dead. So in all things Jesus has ·first place [supremacy]. ¹⁹ God was pleased for all ·of himself [that he is; ^Lof his fullness] to live in ·Christ [or the Son; ^Lhim].