to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things 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 headof 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.

and we in him Rather, as margin, for Him.

by whom are all things God the Son, the Eternal Word or Reason of the Father, is the Agent by Whom He works in the creation, preservation, redemption, regeneration of all things. Cf. St John 1:3; John 1:10; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:10; Hebrews 1:2.

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