[15] Who the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: [16] For by him all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: [17] And he before all things, and by him all things consist. [18] And he the head of the body, the church: who the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.