and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
Then Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Of his fullness we have all received, even grace upon grace.
Then comes the end, when he hands the kingdom over to God the Father, after he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
The purpose of bringing this to light is that, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms,
is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
He stripped the rulers and authorities of their power and made a public display of them, leading a triumphal procession over them by the cross.
Here there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free, but Christ is all and in all.
And having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.