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Eph 1:21. Ὑπεράνω) A compound word. Christ not only takes the precedency, but is ruler above all.-ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας καὶ δυνάμεως) 1Co 15:24, note.-καὶ κυριότητος) Col 1:16.-καὶ παντὸς ὀνόματος, and every name) We know that the Emperor goes before all, although we cannot enumerate all the ministers of his court; so we know that Christ is placed above all, although we cannot name them all.-ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι) Αἰὼν, age, or the world [order of things], denotes here not time, but a system of things and operations revealed at its own proper time, and permanent. It is called future, not that it does not yet exist, but because it is not yet seen. Authorities, powers, etc., are in the future [αἰὼν]; but yet they are named also in this world [αἰὼν]; but even those things also, which are not even named at the present time, but both in the name and in reality will be at length laid open to us in the future, are subject to Christ.