1 Corinthians 8:6

ὁ πατήρ, ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα. There is but one eternal First Cause and fountain of existence. Compare for the whole passage Ephesians 4:5-6. ‘The ancient doctors have not stuck to call the Father the origin, the cause, the author, the root, the fountain, and the head of the Son.… The Son is from the Father, receiving His subsistence by generation from Him. The Father is not from the Son, as being what He is from none.’ Bishop Pearson, On the Creed, Art. I.

εἰς αὐτόν. Unto Him. Toward Him as a goal all our thoughts, desires, purposes, should tend. The being which comes from Him should flow back to its source. Cf. Romans 11:36.