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Colossians 1:17
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15 He is athe image of the invisible God, bthe firstborn over all creation.  
16 For aby Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or bdominions or principalities or2 powers. All things were created cthrough Him and for Him.  
17 aAnd He is before all things, and in Him ball things consist.  
18 And aHe is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, bthe firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.  

Reconciled in Christ

19 For it pleased the Father that ain Him all the fullness should dwell,  
20 and aby Him to reconcile ball things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, chaving made peace through the blood of His cross.  
21 And you, awho once were alienated and enemies in your mind bby wicked works, yet now He has creconciled  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Colossians 1:17

(John 8:58.) Translate as Greek, "And He Himself (the great HE) is (implying divine essential being) before all things," in time, as well as in dignity. Since He is before all things, He is before even time, that is, from eternity. Compare "the first-born of every creature" (Colossians 1:15).

by him—Greek, "IN Him" (as the conditional element of existence, Colossians 1:16) [ALFORD].

consist—"subsist." Not only are called into being from nothing, but are maintained in their present state. The Son of God is the Conserver, as well as the Creator of all things [PEARSON]. BENGEL less probably explains, "All things in Him come together into one system: the universe found its completion in Him" (Isaiah 41:4; Revelation 22:13). Compare as to GOD, Romans 11:36 : similar language; therefore Christ must be God.




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