Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 1:21
Far above all principality - The difficulty in this verse does not arise from the words themselves, the meaning of each being easily understood, but from the sense in which the apostle uses them. Some think he has reference here to the different orders among good and evil angels; he is superior to all the former, and rules all the latter. Others think he refers to earthly governments; and as αρχη , principality, the first word, signifies the most sovereign and extensive kind of dominion;... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 1:20
Set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places - Gave him, as mediator between God and man, the highest honors and dignities, Philemon 2:9 ; in which state of exaltation he transacts all the affairs of his Church, and rules the universe. The right hand is the place of friendship, honor, confidence, and authority. read more