Colossians 1:15-19

The Son is the visible picture of the invisible God. He was before all creation,

for everything was created through him—in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, empires, rulers, leaders and authorities—everything was created through him and for him.

He existed before everything, and he holds everything together.

He is also the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the first and highest of those raised from the dead, so that he is supreme in everything.

God was pleased to have his full nature live in him,