Rotherham(i)
16 Because, in him, were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the things seen and the things unseen, whether thrones or lordships or principalities or authorities,––they all, through him and for him, have been created,
17 And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;
18 And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre–eminent; ––
19 Because, in him, was all the fullness well pleased to dwell,