Colossians 1:17; Colossians 1:18

Colossians 1:17

17 And he is ^ebefore all things, and in him all things ^fhold together.

Colossians 1:18

18 And he is the ^ghead of the body, the church. He is ^hthe beginning, ⁱthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be ^jpreeminent.

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