16 because in him were created the things all, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, the things seen and the things unseen, whether thrones, or lordships, or governments, or authorities; the things all on account of him and for him have been created;

17 and he is in advance of all, and the things all in him has been placed together;

18 and he is the head of the body, of the congregation; who is a beginning, first-born out of the dead ones, so that he might become among all himself pre-eminent;