Colossians 1:17 Douay-Rheims

And he is before all, and by him all things consist.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

"And He is before all things," he saith. This is befitting God. Where is Paul of Samosata? "And in Him all things consist," that is, they are created into Him. He repeats these expressions in close sequence; with their close succession, as it were with rapid strokes, tearing up the deadly doctrine by the roots. For, if even when such great things had been declared, still after so long a time Paul of Samosata sprung up, how much more [would such have been the case], had not these things been said before? "And in Him," he saith, "all things consist." How "consist" in one who was not? So that the things also done through Angels are of Him.

Source details
A.D. 407 · on Col 1:17 (Homily on Colossians 3)

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

Read Col 1:17 in context →