Eph 1:21 | RWP | e4.org | Far above all rule ( υπερανω πασης αρχης ). Late compound adverbial preposition ( υπερ, ανω ) with the ablative case. In N.T. only here and . As in , so here Paul claims primacy for Jesus Christ above all angels, aeons, what not. These titles all were used in the Gnostic speculations with a graduated angelic hierarchy. World ( αιων ). "Age." See this identical expression in for the present time ( ; ) and the future life ( ; ). Both combined in ; .

‏ Ephesians 1:21

Far above all rule ( υπερανω πασης αρχης ). Late compound adverbial preposition ( υπερ, ανω ) with the ablative case. In N.T. only here and Heb 9:5. As in Col 1:16, so here Paul claims primacy for Jesus Christ above all angels, aeons, what not. These titles all were used in the Gnostic speculations with a graduated angelic hierarchy.

World ( αιων ). "Age." See this identical expression in Mt 12:32 for the present time (Gal 1:4; 1Ti 6:17) and the future life (Eph 2:7; Lu 20:35). Both combined in Mr 10:30; Lu 18:30.