Gēluóxīshū 1:17

17 Tā zaì wàn yǒu zhī xiān , wàn yǒu yĕ kào tā ér lì .

Gēluóxīshū 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all things
Not only in dignity, being preferable to angels and men in his nature, names, offices, and works, and worthy of more honour than all creatures; but he is before them in existence, as he must needs be, since they are all made by him; he was not only before John the Baptist, his forerunner, before Abraham who saw his day and was glad, before the first man was made, but before the angels were in being, or the heavens and the earth, or any creature were formed; and therefore must be God, who is from everlasting to everlasting:

and by him all things consist;
he upholds all things by the word of his power; the heavens have their stability and continuance from him; the pillars of the earth are bore up by him, otherwise that and the inhabitants of it would be dissolved; the angels in heaven are confirmed in their estate by him, and have their standing and security in him; the elector God are in his hands, and are his peculiar care and charge, and therefore shall never perish; yea, all mankind live and move, and have their being in him; the whole frame of nature would burst asunder and break in pieces, was it not held together by him; every created being has its support from him, and its consistence in him; and all the affairs of Providence relating to all creatures are governed, directed, and managed by him, in conjunction with the Father and the blessed Spirit.

Gēluóxīshū 1:17 In-Context

15 Aì zǐ shì nà bùnéng kànjian zhī shén de xiàng , shì shǒu shēng de , zaì yīqiè beì zào de yǐ xiān .

16 Yīnwei wàn yǒu dōu shì kào tā zào de , wúlùn shì tiān shang de , dì shang de , néng kànjian de , bùnéng kànjian de , huò shì yǒu wèi de , zhǔzhì de , zhízhèng de , zhǎngquán de , yígaì dōu shì jiè zhe tā zào de , yòu shì wèi tā zào de .

17 Tā zaì wàn yǒu zhī xiān , wàn yǒu yĕ kào tā ér lì .

18 Tā yĕ shì jiàohuì quán tǐ zhī shǒu . tā shì yuánshǐ , shì cóng sǐ lǐ shǒuxiān fù shēng de , shǐ tā kĕ yǐ zaì fán shì shang jū shǒuwèi .

19 Yīnwei fù xǐhuan jiào yīqiè de fēngshèng , zaì tā lǐmiàn jūzhù .