Col 1:16-19 | ESV | STEP | For by him all things were created , in heaven and on earth , visible and invisible , whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him .

‏ Colossians 1:16-19

16 For by ^{▼▼That is, by means of; or in} him all things were created, ^bin heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^cthrones or ^ddominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ^ethrough him and for him. 17 And ^fhe is before all things, and in him all things ^ghold together. 18 And ^hhe is the head of the body, the church. He is ⁱthe beginning, ^jthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For ^kin him all the ^lfullness of God was pleased to dwell,