12 giving thanks¹ to the Father, who has qualified you² to share in the ^sinheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has ^tdelivered us from the ^udomain of darkness and ^vtransferred us to the kingdom of his ^wbeloved Son, 14 in whom we have ^xredemption, the ^yforgiveness of sins.

15 He is the ^zimage of the ^ainvisible God, ^bthe firstborn of all creation.