12  giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

12  So that you may joyfully give thanks to God the Father, who has enlightened us and made us worthy partakers of the inheritance of the saints;

13  He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

13  And has delivered us from the power of darkness, and brought us to the kingdom of his beloved Son

14  in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

14  By whom we have obtained salvation and forgiveness of sins.

15  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

16  because by Him all things were created, those in the heavens and those on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him.

16  For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.

16  And through him were created all things that are in heaven, and on earth, visible and invisible; whether imperial thrones, or lordships, or angelic orders, or dominions, all things were in his hand and were created by him

17  And He is before all things, and in Him all things are held together.

18  And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things He may have the preeminence;

19  for it pleased [the Father that] in Him all the fullness should dwell,

19  For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,

19  For it pleased God to complete all things in him;

20  and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

20  And by his hand to reconcile everything to himself; and through his blood shed on the cross made peace both for those who dwell on earth and for those who dwell in heaven.