This is clear because Colossians 1:16-18 state that Christ existed before all things and is the Creator Himself. The entire description takes in both his pre-incarnate, and his incarnate and now glorified state. It is accordingly best to take it so here, “firstborn of every creature”. ", "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;", "...His eternal relationship with the Father is in view, and the clause means both that He was the Firstborn before all creation and that He Himself produced creation....", "Not a commencement of existence, but an eternal relation to the Father, ... there never having been a time when the Son began to be, or when the Son did not exist as God with the Father. Rather, He is the most important one resurrected, the one resurrected to die no more, the resurrection that guarantees the resurrection of every person (1 Corinthians 15:22-23; Revelation 1:5). Характеризуя Иисуса подобным образом, Павел подчеркивает, что Он является как воплощением, так и проявлением Бога. Paraphrase of Colossians and Commentary of Colossians James Rosscup writes that "Lightfoot is excellent in this 1865 work revised in 1879. Rather it means revealing Him in His essential being. пояснение к Евр. is more than resemblance or likeness: it is the exact counterpart of the being imaged, perfectly representing his attributes and essential nature, with, therefore, in the present case, the same substance, power, and eternity. This most natural and obvious sense would have been more readily admitted, had it not been supposed hostile to certain views on the sonship of Christ. For what is here treated of is, not what he is in himself, but what he accomplishes in others. He created the creation, and therefore existed before all creation. So the Gnostics believed that God put forth a series of emanations, each a little further away from God until at last there was one so distant from God, that it could handle matter and create the world. The objections to making the latter the main thought are: (1.) Certainly not. 1:15-20. I am well aware in what manner the ancients were accustomed to explain this; for having a contest to maintain with Arians, they insist upon the equality of the Son with the Father, and his ( ὁμοουσίαν) identity of essence, (303) while in the mean time they make no mention of what is the chief point — in what manner the Father makes himself known to us in Christ. Colossians 1:15-20 Commentary. 3. Prōtotokossays Bloomfield, at the close of an admirable note on this verse, “is not well taken by Whitby and others, in a figurative sense, to denote ‹Lord of all things, since the word is never so used, except in reference to primogeniture. The first (2) born of every creature. But because the latter in the case of every κτίσις is different from what it is in the case of Christ, neither πρωτόκτιστος nor πρωτόπλαστος is made use of,(31)—terms which would indicate for Christ, who is withal Son of God, a similar mode of origin as for the creature—but the term πρωτότοκος is chosen, which, in the comparison as to time of origin, points to the peculiar nature of the origination in the case of Christ, namely, that He was not created by God, like the other beings in whom this is implied in the designation κτίσις, but born, having come forth homogeneous from the nature of God. If Christ were the "first-created," the Greek word would have been protoktisis." The language used here, also, does not fairly imply that he was a creature, or that he was in nature and rank one of those in relation to whom it is said he was the first-born. He was not a mere statue, a close representation of or likeness of God. He does not say that, in all respects, he resembled the first-born in a family; nor does he say that he himself was a creature, for the point of his comparison does not turn on these things, and what he proceeds to affirm respecting him is inconsistent with the idea of his being a created being himself. Colossians 1:15, KJV: "Who is … 1:3. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, eikōn tou Theou tou aoratouThe objects. πρωτότοκ. Colossians 1:15: The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Hence the idea contained in the word “firstborn” is not only sovereignty “above all the kings of the earth” (Psalm 89:28; comp. It was 160 kilometres(100 miles) east of the city called Ephesus. We can compare how in Romans 1:20, Paul tells us that ‘the invisible things of Him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even His everlasting power and Godness’. Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God and Timothy our brother, (NASB: Lockman) Greek: Paulos apostolos Christou Iesou dia th elemato s Theou kai Timotheos o adelphos. b) By a consideration of Christ in God’s eternal decree and purpose, as the common womb of him who is God-man, and all creatures; being fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, 1 Peter 1:20, he may be looked upon as the first-born amongst those who are predestinated to be conformed to his image, Romans 8:29, with Ephesians 1:4,5; for upon this account he is the first-born of the first-born creatures or church, (but this, as hinted before, is considered more specially, Col 1:18), Hebrews 12:23, therefore the first-born of all others: and this may be one respect in which he is before them, Colossians 1:17, with Proverbs 8:22; yea, all of them of the old, as well as the new creation. Thus John can say, ‘we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only Son of His Father, full of grace and truth’ (John 1:14), and adds, ‘No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son Who is in the Father’s bosom, He has made Him known’ (John 1:18). p. 823. Thus the first heavenly man was called Adam Kadmon-the first-begotten of God-He who is Messiah and the Metatron of the burning bush. The work of the Son in His pre-existent state is referred to, that the true position of the exalted Christ may be rightly understood. The division is at the end of Colossians 1:17. upholding all things by the word of His power;” and in John 1:3, “All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made which was made. The epithet ἀόρατος, as applied to God, refers not, perhaps, to the fact that He is and has been unseen, but to His invisibility, or to the fact that He cannot and will not be seen. Its existence and arrangements are His, and the supervision of it belongs to Him. (p. 43). No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. No argument can be drawn from Colossians 1:18 until it is proved that "firstborn from the dead," does not mean the first that was raised to die no more, which Doddridge affirms to be "the easiest, surest, most natural sense, in which the best commentators are agreed." ὁ δὲ υἱὸς νόμος ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀΐδιος ἐγενήθη, πρωτότοκος οὐχ ὡς ἀδελφὴν ἔχων τὴν κτίσιν, οὐκ ἐπὶ χρόνου λέγεται μόνον· ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ ἐπὶ προτιμήσεως, "Though it is grammatically possible to translate this as "Firstborn, "resemblance, representation, revelation", "In truth, when Jesus was on earth he was a perfect man, nothing more and nothing less. the heavens and the earth, with all that is made in them: neither angels, nor inanimate and irrational creatures, are excluded; as in the apostle’s reason immediately following this expression. Исх. -"is more than likeness which may be superficial and incidental. I"m sure that the Jehovah Witnesses camp on this passage. And although, in, ton prōtotokos en pollois adelphoisyet there his followers are represented not as his creatures, but as his brethren. 8:29. 1. The noun εἰκών does not require the article, being clearly defined by the following genitive. В данном случае «рожденный прежде» означает высшее положение, а не первенство в сотворении (ср. (3) The "Firstborn" cannot be part of Creation if He created "all things." Commentary on Colossians 1:15-23 (Read Colossians 1:15-23) Christ in his human nature, is the visible discovery of the invisible God, and he that hath seen Him hath seen the Father. II. Even before His incarnation He was the image of the invisible God, as the Word (Joh 1:1-3) by whom God created the worlds, and by whom God appeared to the patriarchs. (literally) statue, profile, or (figuratively) representation, resemblance: -image. Volume 1. Winer, § 19, 2, (b). — No man hath ever seen God: the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, hath himself manifested him to us. The Divine can be fully pictured only in the Divine." И в греческой, и в иудейской культурах первенец получал право наследия от своего отца независимо от того, рождался он первым или нет. For, anciently, the firstborn was entitled to possess his father’s estate, 2 Chronicles 21:3. Colossians 1:15. Who is the image of the invisible God. Grammatically it is possible to make a partitive genitive. At the same time, we gather also from this his ( ὁμοουσία) identity of essence, for Christ would not truly represent God, if he were not the essential Word of God, inasmuch as the question here is not as to those things which by communication are suitable also to creatures, but the question is as to the perfect wisdom, goodness, righteousness, and power of God, for the representing of which no creature were competent. Comp. The spirit of the statement is, that our only vision or knowledge of the Father is in His Son. пояснение к Евр. καθάπερ τὴν ἀνθήλιον αὐγὴν ὡς ἥλιον οἱ μὴ δυνάμενοι τὸν ἥλιον αὐτὸν ἰδεῖν ὁρῶσι, τὰς περὶ τὴν σελήνην ἀλλοιώσεις ὡς αὐτὴν ἐκείνην, πρεσβύτατον υἱὸν ὁ τῶν ὄντων ἀνέτειλε πατήρ, καὶ ὁ γεννηθεὶς μέντοι μιμούμενος τὰς τοῦ πατρὸς ὁδούς, πρὸς παραδείγματα ἀρχέτυπα ἐκείνου βλέπων, ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς, οὗτος πρωτογόνων ἴσως οἴκων οὐδενὸς ὕστερος. And he guards against the Arian inference by adding- πρωτότοκος οὐχ ὡς ἀδελφὴν ἔχων τὴν κτίσιν, that is, He cannot have a brotherly relation to the creation, and be at the same time its maker. His prophetic epithet was “Immanuel, God with us.” In His incarnate state He brought God so near us as to place Him under the cognizance of our very senses-men saw, and heard, and handled Him-a speaking, acting, weeping, and suffering God; He was, as Basil terms it, εἰκὼν ζῶσα, a living image. Tertullian, too, uses similar phraseology-primogenitus ut ante omnia genitus; and again, primogenitus conditionis, i.e. See on Revelation 13:14. For the Logos (Word) underlying the passage, see on John 1:1. It was then a foolish part that the Arians acted, who argued from this that he was, consequently, a creature. It is the exalted Christ of whom Paul is speaking, as is suggested, though not necessarily implied by the present, but more forcibly by the previous relative clause. He is superior because He is God’s ‘firstborn’, the One Who reveals Him as He is, and indeed because He is Hisonlybegotten Son. 2:9; Ин. Lit., of the God, the invisible. Theophylact puts the question—“first-born of every creature, how?” and διὰ γεννήσεως is his reply. Traces of the same idiom are found in the Jewish Kabbala-in which Jehovah Himself is called the “first-born of the world,” that is, in all probability, the Divine representative of essential and immanent perfection to the world. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Israel elevated above the other nations, brought into a covenant relation, and reflecting so much of the Divine glory, is Jehovah's first-born, Exodus 4:22, Jeremiah 31:9. If Christ is the image of the invisible God, and if we are to have the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5), and if Christ is to be our example (1 Peter 2:21) then we can be like God - not God, but like God in our lives. This appears from what Isaac said to Esau, after he had bestowed the rights of primogeniture on Jacob, Genesis 27:37. Colossians 1:24-29 Suffering For The Sake of The Gospel. Павел страстно сражается против этой вызывающей осуждение ереси. With this view the sequel also conflicts, which describes Christ as the accomplisher and aim of creation; hence in His case a mode of origin higher and different from the being created must be presupposed, which is, in fact, characteristically indicated in the purposely-chosen word πρωτότοκος. Some critics conjoin both the first and second views. Image is more than resemblance or likeness: it is the exact counterpart of the being imaged, perfectly representing his attributes and essential nature, with, therefore, in the present case, the same substance, power, and eternity. . p. 161 A, 151C Valckenaer, Schol. God is Spirit – invisible. So ‘the image’ is not meant to suggest God’s physical likeness. He is before all things, He is the heir of all things and supreme over all things, and He is the One through Whom the Father approaches the world. Systematic Theology; Augustus Strong; The Judson Press; Valley Forge, PA 1907; p 341. ‘The firstborn (prototokos) of all creation.’ On earth the firstborn was the one who, being of the same nature as his father, most fully revealed what his father was. Gnosticism (and some forms of Jewish mysticism) taught that God did not deal directly with man and the material world, but that He dealt with the world through a series of mediators. 29. [Note: _ Jehovah Witnesses. Now He is exalted to unbounded sovereignty, as “Lord of all,” rolling onwards the mighty and mysterious wheels of a universal providence, without halting or confusion; seated as His Father's deputy on a throne of unbounded dominion, which to this world is its tribunal of judgment-wearing the name at which every knee bows, “of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth”-the acting President of the universe, and therefore “the First-born of every creature.” His Father's love to Him has given Him this pre-eminence, this “double portion,” “Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten Thee.” It is plainly implied at the same time that He existed before all creatures, for He has never stood in any other or secondary relation to the universe - to the many mansions of His Father's house. These passages illustrate Paul’s language here, and show that it is not, as Oltramare argues, of physical visibility or invisibility that he is speaking. Thus, it is employed in Romans 8:29, "That he might be the first-born among many brethren." But the word "other" is not in the Gr.) 9. ‘Every creature’ is a more exact rendering than ‘all creation.’ The former individualizes, the latter sums up as a whole. Negatively. If in the former clause there is express proof of Christ's divinity, in the latter there is no less assertion of His real humanity, a humanity which stands out in special preeminence over the entire creation, as its Lord and proprietor. Contrary to what the Jehovah Witnesses advocate, Jesus isn"t an angel or even an archangel (Hebrews 1:4-14). Others, with the author explain the word figuratively, of pre-eminence or lordship. The next section, Colossians 1:15-23, is an expansion on the identification of the beloved Son in whom we have redemption. (This is part of the ‘mystery’ as we shall see shortly (Psalms 89:27)). For the word is used again in 1:18, "the firstborn from the dead". Colossians 1:15-2:5 New International Version (NIV) The Supremacy of the Son of God. The most commonly received, and, as we think, best supported opinion, is that which renders πρωτοτοκος πασης κτισεως prōtotokos pasēs ktiseōs; "begotten before all creation." The Son is the Mediator between God and the universe. Paul wroteto the Christians who lived in the city called Colossae. St. John Chrysostom, Greek: log. See Galatians 4:1. Here St. Paul indicates this idea in the words “firstborn before all creation,” and works it out in the verses following. Compare Psalm 89:27; Hebrews 1:2. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. He has revealed His glory. Colossians 1:15 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Colossians 1:15, NIV: "The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation." 1. 5; Plat. 31:9). The syntax is not impossible, as with the simple adjective, John 1:15; John 1:30, but the following similar phrase- πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, shows that such an exegesis cannot here be adopted, for it is plain that it cannot mean “begotten before all the dead.” The comparison there is not one of time even, as Meyer erroneously takes it-but one of rank. 2:, contra Cels.) O the grandeur of that redemption of which He is the author, and the magnificence of that kingdom of which He is head! It is applied to first child, first raised to life and first group raised to life. [Note: O"Brien, Colossians . Again, in Hebrews 1:6, Jesus receives the same appellation, inasmuch as the spirits of the heavenly world are solemnly summoned to do Him homage as His Father's representative. The invisible God-how dark and dreadful the impenetrable vail! Moreover, when He is styled, as in the 18th verse, and in Revelation 1:5, “the first-born of the dead,” the reference is not to mere time or priority, but to prerogative, for He is not simply the first who rose, “no more to return to corruption,” but His immortal primogeniture secures the resurrection of His people, and is at once the pledge and the pattern of it. ст. "To say that Christ is the image of God is to say that in him the nature and being of God have been perfectly revealed--that in him the invisible has become visible." 7. 3. Our Lord Himself said, even when He dwelt upon earth robed in no mantle of light, and with no nimbus surrounding His brow, “He who hath seen me hath seen the Father.” Visibility is implied in the very notion of an image. Both before creation and after his ascension, from eternity to eternity, he is what is here asserted. He held out an image of God in the love He displayed, which was too tender and fervent, too noble and self-denying, to have had its home in any created bosom-in the power He put forth, which was too vast to be lodged in other than a Divine arm, and also in His wisdom and holiness, and in those blessed results which sprang from His presence. 8:29). But he is the first-born of all creation, as being before all things, verse Colossians 1:17, and above them as their supreme head, verse Colossians 1:20. For Paul really was concerned to show not only that Christ was superior to the angels, but that He and not the angels was Lord of the material creation. Hungering human hearts are not willing to accept the verdict that there is no God; nor are they satisfied with abstractions concerning "the Absolute", "the Unknowable", or "the Reign of Law". Colossians 1:15 REV and Commentary - He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, - Bible verse Он существовал до творения и превознесен выше его. Analogous, but not equivalent, is Proverbs 8:22 f. It is to be observed that this predicate also belongs to the entire Christ, inasmuch as by His exaltation His entire person is raised to that state in which He, as to His divine nature, had already existed before the creation of the world, corresponding to the Johannine expression ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, which in substance, although not in form, is also Pauline; comp. xvii. The first-born of every creature. 1. 1, p. 335 f. The element of comparison is the relation of time ( πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι, John 17:5), and that in respect of origin. His compassion, mercy, anger at sin, human stubbornness, etc...are exactly the way that God the Father feels about the same things. Colossians 1:20-23 Sharing The Gospel. The Father is invisible, but the universe is not left without a palpable God. Athanasius describes Him- ἄτρεπτος ἐξ ἀτρέπτου, “the unchangeable from the unchangeable,” a statement preceded by another to this effect- ὁ δὲ υἱὸς νόμος ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀΐδιος ἐγενήθη. Christ was before all creation in time, and He is over all creation in authority. Ep. It is true that ‘invisible,’ which is emphatic in the original, suggests that the image becomes visible, as indeed all the terms used to express the relation of the Son to the Father seem to imply revelation (‘word,’ ‘effulgence,’ ‘very image,’ ‘form’), but a careful comparison of all such expressions forbids our making this the essential thought. What "first-born" does not mean is that Christ was the first created being, which ancient Arians believed and modern Jehovah"s Witnesses teach. He is declared to be an “Emmanuel” God with us; and His kingdom a visible manifestation of God. de Wette), which is assumed also by many who understand it of the physical creation. At variance with the words, therefore, is the Arian interpretation, that Christ is designated as the first creature; so also Usteri, p. 315, Schwegler, Baur, Reuss. "First-born" (Gr. On the entire passage, comp. But the reason advanced to prove the Son the firstborn of the whole creation overturns that sense of this passage; for surely the Son’s creating all things doth not prove him to be the first-made creature; unless his power of creating all things originated from his being the first-made creature; which no one will affirm. Now, that he is there styled the image of God’s glory, and the express image or character of his person, or substance, by reason of that divine power, wisdom, and majesty, which shone forth in his actions, some Socinians are forced to confess. p. 424; Philippi, Glaubensl. 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