Colossians 1:17 (BSB)

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

From Colossians 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Colossians 1:17

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Colossians 1:17: 17. All things were created by him, and for him. He places angels in subjection to Christ, that they may not obscure his glory, for four reasons: In the first place, because they were created by him; secondly, because their creation ought to be viewed as having a relation to him, as their legitimate end; thirdly, because he himself existed always, prior to their creation...
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Colossians 1:12-29: Here is a summary of the doctrine of the gospel concerning the great work of our redemption by Christ. It comes in here not as the matter of a sermon, but as the matter of a thanksgiving; for our salvation by Christ furnishes us with abundant matter of thanksgiving in every view of it: Giving thanks unto the Father, Col 1:12.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Colossians 1:17: And he is before all things,.... Not only in dignity, being preferable to angels and men in his nature, names, offices, and works, and worthy of more honour than all creatures; but he is before them in existence, as he must needs be, since they are all made by him; he was not only before John the Baptist, his forerunner, before Abraham who saw his...
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Colossians 1:17: Verse 17. And he is before all things. As he must be, if he created all things. Those who regard this as referring to a moral creation, interpret it as meaning that he has the pre-eminence over all things; not as referring to his pre-existence. But the fair and proper meaning of the word before προ is, that he was before all things in the order of existence. Comp.