Hebrews 1:1-3 The Message
1-3 Going
through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestors
in different ways for centuries. Recently he spoke to us directly
through his Son. By his Son, God created the world in the beginning,
and it will all belong to the Son at the end. This Son perfectly
mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature. He holds everything
together by what he says—powerful words!
Colossians 1:15-24 NIV
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or
authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the
firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the
supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on
earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on
the cross.
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
24 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.
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