75 Gk. ὅς ἐστɩν (vv. 15a, 18b).
74For this arrangement see P. Benoit, “L’hymne christologique . . . ,” p. 229; P. Beasley-Murray, “Colossians 1:15-20 . . . ,” p. 170.
75Gk. ὅς ἐστɩν (vv. 15a, 18b).
76Gk. πϱωτóτοϰος (vv. 15b, 18b).
77Gk. ὅτɩ ἐν αὐτῷ (vv. 16a, 19).
78Gk. δɩ’ αὐτοῦ (vv. 16 fin., 20a). One might add εἰς αὐτóν (vv. 16 fin., 20a), but see p. 55, n. 71, and p. 74, n. 165.
79Gk. τὰ πὰντα (vv. 16 bis, 20a). Note also the chiastic repetition of ἐν τοῖς οὐϱανοῖς ϰαὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς (ν. 16)/εἴτε τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἴτε τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐϱανοῖς (ν. 20).
80Gk. ϰαὶ αὐτóς ἐστɩν (νν. 17, 18).
81Cf. P. Benoit, “L’hymne christologique . . . ,” pp. 248-50. In NA26 vv. 15-18a are printed in lines of verse; not so vv. 18b-20, which run on as though they were ordinary prose.