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Our Lord and our God (ho kurios kai ho theos hēmōn). The nominative form here used as vocative as in Joh 20:28 and often.
To receive (labein). Epexegetic second aorist active infinitive of lambanō with axios (worthy).
The glory (tēn doxan). The article referring to doxan in Rev 4:9 and so with tēn timēn (the honour), though tēn dunamin (the power) is not in Rev 4:9, but is the power due to be ascribed to God.
Thou didst create (su ektisas). Emphasis on su (thou), first aorist active indicative of ktizō, the verb used about the act of creation by Paul in Col 1:16 (ektisthē, ektistai), constative aorist giving a summary picture of the whole (not as a process).
Because of thy will (dia to thelēma sou). Reason for creation of the universe as in Heb 2:10 (di' hon).
They were (ēsan). Imperfect tense with a cursory glance at the universe as a fact, possibly a potential existence in God’s purpose in the eternal past before the actual creation in time.
And were created (kai ektisthēsan). First aorist passive indicative of the same verb, ktizō, just used and in the plural, while Paul (Col 1:16) uses the singular ektisthē. See 1Co 8:6. God’s will wrought through the Logos (Christ).