He is the image of the invisible God,εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου the firstborn of all creation.πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως
For in him all things1 were createdἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities —θρόνοι · κυριότητες · ἀρχαί · ἐξουσίαι all things2 have been created through him and for him.δι' αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτόν
And he is before all things,πρὸ πάντων · anarthrous and in him all things3 hold together.συνέστηκεν · perfect tense
And he is the head of the body, the church.κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος, τῆς ἐκκλησίας He is the beginning,ἀρχή the firstborn from the dead,πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν so that he might have first place in all things.ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων · anarthrous
For in him God was pleasedεὐδόκησεν that all of the fullness would dwell,πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι and through him to reconcile all things4 to himself,ἀποκαταλλάξαι · Pauline coinage things on earth and things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of his cross.εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ αὐτοῦ
He is the image of the invisible God,εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου the firstborn of all creation.πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως
For by means of him all things1 were created,ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible — thrones, dominions, rulers or authorities —θρόνοι · κυριότητες · ἀρχαί · ἐξουσίαι all things2 have been created through him and to himself, or for himself.δι' αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτόν
He is before all things,πρὸ πάντων · anarthrous and in him all things3 hold together.συνέστηκεν · perfect tense
He is the head of the body, the church.κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος, τῆς ἐκκλησίας He is the beginning,ἀρχή the firstborn from among the dead ones,πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν so that he might have first place in everything.ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων · anarthrous
For in him it was the Father's good pleasureεὐδόκησεν for all of his fullness to dwell,πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι and through him to reconcile all things4 to himself,ἀποκαταλλάξαι · Pauline coinage having made peace through the cross with things on earth or things in heaven.