who created all things} The creation of all things is the founda tion of all the rest of the economy, most freely dispensed, accord ing to the universal power of God. The expression, all things, includes rue, d^ag, x.r.X., principalities, etc.
10. NDi/) note, first : comp. ver. 5. — ruJi'c, dpyj^ zai TCUC, l^ou<r/«/f, to the principalities and powers) good, or even bad ; but in a dif ferent way to the one, as compared with the other. — dice, by) from those things which happen to the Church ; for it (the Church) is the theatre in which the Divine works are displayed. Comp. 1 Cor. iv. 9. — coXu-ro/x/Xog) Syr. Vers. renders it, full of varieties. — <rop/a, wisdom) The angels are particularly conversant about this object.
11. Hpo&sffiv ruv aittvuv, the purpose of the ages [eternal purpose"]) concerning the ages, and before the ages, 2 Tim. i. 9. — »fi/, which) Tins refers to vpodtGiv, purpose. — qpuv, our, of us) viz. believers, who are the Church.
12. Tqv Kappqffiav, liberty) of the mouth, in praying. — rfiv •jrpoectyuyrtv Iv <7rt<xoi&rlGti, access, admission in confidence) in reality and with the heart.
13. A/YoD//,a/) / desire,1 ask God : comp. ver. 20, 12. So, asking absolutely, Col. i. 9 ["We do not cease desiring (a/Votive/) for you :" viz. desiring God']. — w exzaweTv, not to faint) that I may not prove wanting [that there be no defect on my part], but that I may speak boldly and allure many. The infinitive referring to the same person as the finite verb / ask.2 — 0x/^£<r/ pou wre? vfttav, in my afflictions for you) ver. 1. — o6%a) [your] glory spiritual ; inasmuch as your faith is assisted thereby [1 Cor. iv. 10].
14. Ka/xcrrw rd yovard j&ov, I bend my knees) If Paul had been present, he would have bent his knees with a breast kindling into a glow of devotion. Acts xx. 30. — crars/pa) Its conjugate is
15. 'Ej ou) of Whom, viz. the Father of Jesus Christ. The foundation of all sonship is in Jesus Christ. — T«<ra) the whole, of
1 Not, « I desire you not to faint,"etc. ; but, '* I ask of God that /may not faint."— ED.
2 If the Engl. V. were right, « I desire that ye faint not," there would have been vp&s expressed : but as it is not, the nom. of the finite verb is naturally the subject of the infin. which follows. — ET>.