Colossians 1:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ He himself existed before anything else did,
    and he holds all things together.
¹⁸ He is also the head of the body,
    which is the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
    so that he himself might have first place in everything.
¹⁹ For God^[a] was pleased to have
    all of his divine essence^[b] inhabit him.