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Col 1:17. ἜΣΤΙ, He is) He does not say, He was made; nor, He was, of which the latter might, however, have been used in a dignified sense, comp. Joh 1:1; but He is, in the present; comp. Joh 8:58.-πρὸ πάντων, before all things) even before time, i.e. from eternity.-καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῳ συνέστηκε) and all things in Him came together into one system [Engl. Vers. By Him all things consist, i.e. are maintained.] The universe found its completion in Him. LXX. τὰ συστἡματα τῶν ὑδάτων, Gen 1:10. He is the first and the last, Rev 22:13. [Isa 41:4, in regard to the origin: I the Lord am first, and I am with the last.-V. g.]