1 Corinthians 8:6 - Exposition

But to us. The "but" means "nevertheless." We Christians only regard these "gods," "lords," and "idols" as nonexistent, except so far as they correspond to created and material things. The Father. Not only by creation and preservation, but much more by redemption and adoption, and as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ( Romans 8:15 ; Galatians 3:26 ). Of whom are all things. All things, even including the gods of the heathen, "visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all firings were created by him and for him,… and by him all things consist" ( Colossians 1:16 , Colossians 1:17 ). And we in him; rather, into or for him. He is the End and Goal as well as the Author of our existence. One Lord. The only real "Lord," though the Roman emperors often took the title, and one of them—Domitian—insisted on the use of the expression, "Dominus Deusque noster" ("Our Lord and God"), as applied to himself (Suetonius. 'Domit.,' 13). By whom are all things. "By whom," as the Agent of creation and redemption ( John 1:3 , John 1:10 ; Hebrews 1:2 ). And we by him. "By him,"as the Mediator and the Giver of life ( Romans 11:36 , "Of him, and to him, and through him are all things").