12 Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being.