15. who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature;
16. for by him were all things created, that are in the heavens and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by him and in him;
17. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18. And he is the head of the body, the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell