Colossians 1:15-17

"Dear Father, We have not seen you. We do not even know what it might mean to see you. But you have shown us Jesus, and because we have seen him, we....."

"Dear Father, We are Christ's church and he is head over us, head over his body. He is the beginning, the first-born of creation and the first-born..."

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation."

"For by [Jesus] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things..."

"He [Jesus] is before all things, and in him all things hold together. "

Inspirational illustration of Colossians 1:15 -- He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Inspirational illustration of Colossians 1:15 NIV -- He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Inspirational illustration of Colossians 1:16 -- For by him [Jesus] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

Inspirational illustration of Colossians 1:17 NIV -- He [Jesus] is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

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