Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Far above all rule (uperanw pashv arxhv). Late compound adverbial preposition (uper, anw) with the ablative case. In N.T. only here and Hebrews 9:5. As in Colossians 1:16, so here Paul claims primacy for Jesus Christ above all angels, aeons, what not. These titles all were used in the Gnostic speculations with a graduated angelic hierarchy.
World (aiwni). "Age." See this identical expression in Matthew 12:32 for the present time (Galatians 1:4; I Timothy 6:17) and the future life (Ephesians 2:7; Luke 20:35). Both combined in Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 1:21:
Ephesians 3:16
Ephesians 4:10
Philippians 2:10
2 Peter 2:10
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