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Yeshua is both the first and the highest

Col 1:15–23

1:15 Yeshua is both the first and the highest

15 The son is the visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation 16 because it was him who created everything in the heavens and on the earth, both visible and invisible, including all authorities such as kingdoms and governments. Yes, everything was created by him and for him.[ref] 17 He came before everything and everything still only exists because of him. 18 He is the head of the body which is the assembly.[ref] He is the beginning, the first of the dead to come back to life, so that he would be the first in everything, 19 because God was pleased to live in him in all totality 20 and to reconcile everything to himself through him—both things on earth and things in the heavens. God made peace through him by means of the blood at the execution post.[ref]

21 Once all of you were alienated from God—your thinking was that of an enemy and your actions were evil, 22 but now you all have been reconciled by means of the death of Yeshua’s (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) physical body. He’s able to present you as pure and blameless in front of God—unable to be charged for any infraction 23 if indeed you continue on in your established and firm faith. Don’t let anyone drive away the hope that comes from the good message that you all heard and which has been proclaimed throughout the whole world—it’s that good message that I’ve become a servant of.

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15 who is the_image of _the the invisible god, the_firstborn of _all creation,

16 because by him was _created the things all in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or masterships, or rulers, or authorities, all the things has _been _created by him and for him.

17 And he is before all things, and all the things in him has _consisted.

18 And he is the head of _the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, firstborn from the dead, in _order _that he may _become being _first, in all things

19 because in him all the fullness he _took _pleasure to _dwell,

20 and by him to _reconcile the things all to himself, having _made _peace by the blood of _the stake of _him through him, whether the things on the earth, or the things in the heavens.

21 And you _all once being having _been _estranged and enemies the in _mind, in your the evil works,

22 but right _now you _all _have _been _reconciled in the body of _the flesh of _him, through his death, to _present you _all holy, and blameless, and unindictable, in _front _of him,

23 if surely you _all _are _continuing _on in _the faith, having _been _established and firm, and not being _shifted from the hope of _the good _message which you _all _heard, which having _been _proclaimed in all creation which under the heaven, of _which I Paulos became a_servant.

1:18: Eph 1:22-23.

1:20: Eph 2:16.

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Yhn 1:3:

3 Everything came into existence through the messenger[fn]—there’s not even one thing that came into existence that wasn’t made by him.[ref]

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3 All things became through him, and without him not _even one thing became that has _become.

1:3 Lit. him.

Eph 1:22-23:

22 Everything in existence will be under his authority[ref] and God set him in charge of all matters concerning the assembly, 23 which is his body—the completeness of the messiah who completes everything.

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22 and all things subjected under the feet of _him, and gave_ of _him _to _be head concerning all things to _the assembly,

23 which is the body of _him, the fullness of _the one filling the_ all _things in all things.

Eph 2:16:

16 By his death on the pole, any hostility is destroyed and both groups now become just one body in God’s sight.[ref]

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16 and he _may _reconcile the both in one body to_ the _god through the stake, having _killed _off the enmity by it,

2:16: Col 1:20.