He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into
        the kingdom of the Son of His love,
                in whom we have redemption through His blood,

                        the forgiveness of sins.

The Christ Hymn

He is the image of the invisible God,
     the firstborn over all creation.
          For by Him all things were created

              that are in heaven and that are on earth,

              visible and invisible,

                   whether

                        thrones or

                        dominions or

                        principalities or

                        powers.

          All things were created through Him and for Him.

And (so)

     He is (indeed) before all things, and

     in Him all things consist.

And (likewise)

He is the head of the body, the head of  the church, (the new creation)

          who is the beginning,

     the firstborn from the dead,

          that in all things He may have the preeminence.

For it pleased the Father (it was decreed) that  

     in Him all the fullness (of God) should dwell, and
     by Him

          to reconcile all things to Himself,

              by Him,

                   whether

                        things on earth or

                        things in heaven,

          having made peace through the blood of His cross. 

Colossians 1:15-20 (NKJV)