12 giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us worthy to participate in the inheritance of the saints in light,
13 who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son,
14 in whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the remission of sins,
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.