“And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.”
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together — 'Before all things' (pro pantōn) may be temporal (antecedent) or rank (superior). Likely both: Christ precedes all and surpasses all. 'In him all things hold together' (synistēmi en autō) uses a verb meaning to cohere, hold constant: Christ is the cosmic glue. The universe is not mechanistic but relational, sustained by Christ-presence. This is not pantheism but cosmic coherence through Christ.
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