Romans 11:36

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For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.

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Ambrose of Milan

AD 397

“From him” means the beginning and origin of the substance of the universe, i.e., by his will and power…. “Through him” means the continuation of the universe; “unto him” means its end.

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Ambrosiaster

AD 400

By saying this Paul revealed a meaning which had been hidden from the world. For because God is the Creator of all things, everything comes from him. And because everything comes from him, it comes through his Son, who is of the same substance and whose work is the Father’s work as well…. And because what is from God and through God is then born again in the Holy Spirit, everything is in him as well, because the Holy Spirit is from God the Father, which is why he knows what is in God…. Here Paul laid bare the mystery of God, which he said above should not be unknown to them. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

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Augustine of Hippo

AD 430

Paul is referring to the Trinity when he says this.

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

Appear to me to be rightly judged not only flatterers and base, in vehemently pretending that things which are disagreeable give them pleasure, but also godless and treacherous; godless, because neglecting to praise and glorify God, who is alone perfect and good, "of whom are all things, and by whom are all things, and for whom are all things"

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Gregory of Nyssa

AD 394

What person who believes that he lives “from him and through him and to him” will dare to make the One who encompasses in himself the life of each of us a witness of a life which does not reflect him? On Perfection.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

AD 202

And again, "All things are to Him, and of Him are all things; "

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John of Damascus

AD 749

“In him are all things” not only because he has brought them from nothing into being but because it is by his operation that all things he made are kept in existence and held together. Living things, however, participate more abundantly, because they participate in the good both by their being and by their living. But rational beings, while they participate in the good in the aforementioned ways, do so still more by their very rationality. For in a way they are more akin to him, although of course he is immeasurably superior to them.

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