All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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Barnes' Notes
All things - The universe. The expression cannot be limited to any part of the universe. It appropriately expresses everything which exists - all the vast masses of material worlds, and all the…
Adam Clarke
All things were made by him - That is, by this Logos. In Gen 1:1, God is said to have created all things: in this verse, Christ is said to have created all things: the same unerring Spirit spoke in…
Austin says (de Civitate Dei, lib. 10, cap. 29) that his friend Simplicius told him he had heard a Platonic philosopher say that these first verses of St. John's gospel were worthy to be written in…
Cambridge Bible
by him Rather, through Him. The universe was created bythe Father through the agencyof the Son. Comp. 1Co 8:6; Col 1:16 (where see Lightfoot's note); Rom 11:36; Heb 11:10. That no inferiority is…
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