18 He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent].

19 For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him [16]permanently.

20 And God purposed that through ([17]by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled [18]back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross.