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Col 1:15. Ὅς ἐστιν, who is) He describes the glory and excellence of Christ as even above the highest angels, and hereby scatters those seeds by which he will prove, next in order, the folly of the worshippers of angels. [He teaches believers to make application to Christ Himself, as their Saviour, and at the same time the head of all.-V. g.] Those, in short, obtain this full knowledge concerning Christ, who have experienced the mystery of redemption.-εἰκὼν τοῦ Θεοῦ, the image of God) 2Co 4:4, note.-τοῦ ἀοράτου, of the invisible) A most glorious epithet of God, 1Ti 1:17. The only begotten Son alone represents the invisible God, and is Himself His image, invisible, according to the Divine nature; visible, according to the human nature [Joh 14:9], visible even before the incarnation, inasmuch as the invisible things of God [Rom 1:20] began to be seen from the creation, which was accomplished through Him [by Him as the instrument]. To this refer Col 1:16, things visible and invisible.-πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως, the first-begotten of every creature) He was begotten; and that, too, before the creation of all things. The πρὸ, which is contained in πρωτότοκος, governs the genitive κτίσεως. Time is an accident of the creature. Therefore the origin of the Son of God precedes all time.