“And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.”
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent — archē (beginning, source) of all things applies now to resurrection: Christ is inaugurator of resurrection-reality. 'Firstborn from the dead' (prōtotokos ek tōn nekrōn) asserts his priority in resurrection (echoing 1 Corinthians 15:20). 'That in everything he might be preeminent' (hina gēnetai en pasin autos prōteuō) establishes supremacy as the purpose of resurrection. Resurrection validates his lordship.
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