 | Frederic William Farrar - Bible - 1885 - 566 pages
...thus interfering with man's most blessed privilege of immediate access ; but Christ is all in all. All things — in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible — whether " thrones," or " lordships," or " principalities," or " powers," — all things were created (etcriadrf) by His agency... | |
 | f.w farrar d.d frs - 1897 - 790 pages
...thus interfering with man's most blessed privilege of immediate access ; but Christ is all in all. All things — • in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible — whether " thrones," or " lordships," or " principalities," or " powers," — all things were created (eKriaO-rf) by His agency... | |
 | Thomas Kelly Cheyne - Bible - 1901 - 810 pages
...God ' (Eph. 5s). (6) The extension of Christ's redemption to the world of spiritual beings. Since all things, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible (whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers), were created by Christ (Col. 1 16), and were (according to... | |
 | Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black - Bible - 1901 - 842 pages
...God ' (Eph. 65). (b) The extension of Chrisfs redemption to the world of spiritual beings. Since all things, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible (whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers), were created by Christ (Col. 1 16), and were (according to... | |
 | Edward P. Myers - Religion - 2010 - 118 pages
...perfect." In Colossians 1:1517, Paul writes, "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things...earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers of rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and... | |
 | R. Kent Hughes, Barbara Hughes - Religion - 1988 - 212 pages
...the Creator, Sustainer, and Goal of creation. Christ the Creator. The hymn sings of his creatorship: "For by him all things were created: things in heaven...or authorities; all things were created by him and for him" (Colossians 1:16). He created the invisible spirit world, for that is what "thrones. . . powers.... | |
 | Nicholas Thomas Wright - Religion - 1988 - 196 pages
...that Paul sees this created world as a single whole (ie 'the totality'), is now further specified: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,...whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities. (NIV obscures the parallel between this verse and 2:15 by translating 'For the whole idea, see also... | |
 | Rubel Shelly - Christian life - 1991 - 160 pages
...power. "Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made" (John 1:3). "For by him all things were created: things in heaven...or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together" (Col. 1:16-17). "The Son is... | |
 | James W. Sire - Religion - 1993 - 166 pages
...because of his role as Creator. [Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things...or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and hi him all things hold together. (Col 1:15-17) All things were... | |
 | Richard Alvis Webster - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 380 pages
...(Phil. 2:9-11). And again in Colossians, "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created: things...or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. ...So that in everything He... | |
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He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for... 
