Verse 22 First and foremost

Colossians 1:15-17
The Preeminence of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

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John 1:1
Chapter 1
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:3
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

John 8:58
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Hebrews 1:2-3
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

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He is the One is the firstborn, not that He was first made, for He was with God from the beginning, but the chief our all that was made. Based on the fact that He as with all the Godhead, made everything that was made. Also all things were created for them, and He is the One who holds it all together.
Like Paul would say,
Acts 17:27-29
that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for
“‘In him we live and move and have our being’;
as even some of your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring. ’

Our creator is not a remote person, but One who is intimately involved on your life. So when they saw our fallen state, they set out a means to remedy that.
Ephesians 1:4
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
Resulting in the death of His Son,
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,