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I’ll add one more thought regarding Col 1. The Lexicon on blueletterbible.org lists two definitions for the word translated as created.

1) to make habitable, to people, a place, region, island
a) to found a city, colony, state
2) to create
a) of God creating the worlds
b) to form, shape, i.e. to completely change or transform

Considering the verse is talking about institutions, perhaps the context fits more accurately with the first definition and a better translation would be “all things were established through Him and for Him”.