12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in the light;
13 who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:
14 by whom we have redemption, even the remission of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of the whole creation.
16 Because, by him were created all things which are in the heavens, and which are upon the earth; things visible, and things invisible; whether thrones, or lordships, or governments, or powers; all things were created by him and for him.
17 And he is before all things; and by him all things consist.