Is it? Single verses again? Out of context again? Don't you ever stop to read the rest of the passage of scripture that you quote?
John 1:1-4...
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. 2 This one was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.
What has come into existence 4 by means of him was life, and the life was the light of men."
So here we see the Word (Logos, Jesus as God's spokesman) being "with God" "in the beginning". How can he be "with" God if he is God?
Then we have to ask...the beginning of what? God is an infinite Being, having no beginning or end. So this has to be the beginning of creation. God's son was his "firstborn" according to the second scripture you cited. He is called "only-begotten" (Monogenes) which is used in scripture to describe an only child. God has many sons, so why is the "firstborn" different from God's other sons?
In context V 16 of Colossians 1:13-17 reads...
"He rescued us from the authority of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 by means of whom we have our release by ransom, the forgiveness of our sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16 because by means of him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all other things, and by means of him all things were made to exist".
What do you see in that passage that clarifies the verse you isolated? He is the "image" of his Father and an image is only a reflection of something...a representation of the original.
As "firstborn" the son was the only direct creation of his Father. The son was then used as the one "through whom" all things were created. That does not make Jesus the Creator because there is only one Creator...Yahweh. Jesus fashioned everything from the raw materials that God had made. He is the construction manager used by the Master Architect.
Proverbs 8:30-31 describes God's "Master Worker" alongside of him in creation. He is the "us" and "our" of Genesis 1:26.
You never do a "direct reading" because you take verses in isolation, out of their proper context.
It doesn't matter how often it is shown to you....you keep doing the same thing, over and over.
Do you care about the truth or do you just have to be right?
What if Jesus is not God? What would it change about the ransom? Do you know what a ransom is?
The verse you have isolated again is meaningless without its context.
This is the apostle Paul giving counsel to the Corinthian Christians.
He told them...
"Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness? 15 Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Beʹli·al? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols? For we are a temple of a living God; just as God said: “I will reside among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” 17 “‘Therefore, get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing’”; “‘and I will take you in.’” 18 “‘And I will become a father to you, and you will become sons and daughters to me,’ says Jehovah, the Almighty.” (2 Corinthians 6:14-18)
It was for good reason that Paul offered such counsel...the city of Corinth was rife with false worship and immorality.
Paul there quoted several passages out of the OT. In verse 18 its is from Isaiah 43:6 and Hosea 1:10.
This is talking about God not Jesus. Jesus is never said to have "sons and daughters" he is said to have "brothers". (Matthew 25:40) How can those be his "brothers" and at the same time be his "sons and daughters"?
Can you listen to the scriptures for once?