12 and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light.
13 It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
14 in whom we have our redemption–the forgiveness of our sins.
15 Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.
16 For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers–all were created, and exist through and for Him.
17 And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.