en_tn/col/01/15.md

translationWords

• en:tw:authority
• en:tw:creation
• en:tw:dominion
• en:tw:firstborn
• en:tw:god
• en:tw:heaven
• en:tw:imageofgod
• en:tw:sonofgod
• en:tw:throne

translationNotes

• The Son is the image of the invisible God - by knowing what Jesus the son is like, we can know what God the father is like.
• He is the firstborn - "The Son is the firstborn". Nothing existed before the son.
• **because by him ** - "because by the Son"
• because by him all things were created - "because the Son created all things"
• Whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities, all things were created by him and for him. - The Son created all things for himself, including thrones, dominions, principalities and authorities.
• **principalities ** - lands governed by princes.
• **He is before all things ** - "He existed before all things."
• **in him all things hold together ** - "he holds everything together." (UDB)