Colossians 1:15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
Colossians 1:16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
Colossians 1:17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:19 For it was the good pleasure `of the Father' that in him should all the fulness dwell; ASV
The Watchtower interprets the word "firstborn" as being synomous with first created, and argues that Colossians 1:15 proves that Christ is a created being.
The watchtower interpretation has the following problems:
1. It makes Christ a created "thing." However verse 16 states that Christ is creator of "all things" hense, He could not also be a "thing". John 1:3 specifically excludes Christ from being a "thing": "All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made."
2. The Watchtower adds the word "other" in order to make their interpretation work. The greek text says "all things" not "all other things". The watchtower also has a contaradiction between Colossians 1:16 and John 1:3, 1 Corinthians 8:6. The Watchtower does not also add the word "other" to these verses.
3. The Watchtower interpretation makes two "Gods" involved in creation. Jehovah who creates all things through a different "god." However the bible says that all things were of and through the Lord (Jehovah). And that Jehovah acted "alone" in creation. see part Troublesome Trinity Verses part 10.