Ahki Iakov,
You say: How can two take credit for all things? I say: How can One + One = One?
Is this NEW MATT because where I come from the answer is TWO. Nevertheless, there is something I would like you to check into about the Greek dia here which has more than one meaning elsewhere:
First ‘through’ the centre of something – dia-meter. Yes! Ie: Luke 6:1 ‘he went through the corn fields’
Secondly, ‘because of ’ with accusative ie Mat 13:21 “persecution arises ‘because of’ the word”
Thirdly, ‘for the sake of’ with genitive ie. Romans 15:30 ‘for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ”Now English speech forbids the use of dia ‘through’ as a substitute for ‘by’ ie. 2Cor 1:16 “to pass ‘by’ you into Macedonia”
Vice-versa, English speech forbids dia ‘by’ as a substitute for ‘through’ ie. 1 Cor 13:12 “for now we see ‘through’ a glass, darkly”
So it appears the revisers took advantage of this flaw when translating ‘dia’ in Colossians 1:16 not that they were confused but because they wanted to enforce on the little guys their NEW MATT. Dia here takes the genitive case and is properly understood ‘because of’ or ‘for the sake of ‘
KING JANES says: “… all things were created BY (because of) him and for him”
Revised editions since 1881 say: “… all things THROUGH him, and for him, have been created”
The Peshitta seems to agree with the KING JAMES: “all things were in his hand and were created BY him”
In short, due to the word of deity were all things created … all things were created ‘for the sake of’ Jesus and ‘account of him’ to secure our salvation.
It would be interesting to know what the Peshitta’s equivalent to ‘dia’ is in this case. I think ahki Paul might have another qnoma up his sleeve that he hasn’t told us about.
Cheers .