6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
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For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; …
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-6)In this passage he shows the vanity of idols: As to the eating of things that have been sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world ; or, there is no idol in the world; or, an idol can do nothing in the world: for the form of expression in the original is elliptical. The meaning in the general is, that heathen idols have no divinity in them; and therefore the Old Testament th…
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