Horatos describes things included in the created order as visible in Colossians 1:16.

In Colossians 1:16, the neuter plural form identifies the visible things within the totality of created things, set alongside the invisible.

1. Visible things within creation · dominant

   In Colossians 1:16, ὁρατὰ is a nominative plural neuter adjective in the clause contrasting the visible and the invisible among all things created. The APB renders the clause “the visible and the invisible,” within its description of things created in the heavens and on the earth.

   Colossians 1:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Colossians 1:16, the APB presents the contrast as “the visible and the invisible.” This rendering confirms the clause's contrast rather than establishing a finer lexical distinction.