Colossians 1:16-17

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[16] For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. [17] He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

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Colossae was a city in the Lycus Valley of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), home to a Christian congregation addressed by Paul. Its setting amid competing religious ideas helps explain Paul’s emphasis that Christ created and sustains all things, leaving no spiritual power outside his authority.

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Colossians 1:16-17 mentions Colossae.