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I. OVER WHAT. Over —

1. The sublimest created intelligences (Hebrews 1.).

2. The greatest human potentates (Revelation 19:16; Psalm 110:1. cf. Matthew 22:43; 11:42).

3. The most glorious of material edifices (Matthew 12:46).

4. The universe of matter as its Creator (John 1:3).

5. The universe of mind as its Ruler and Judge (Matthew 28:18; John 5:22, 25).

6. His Church as its Redeemer, Legislator, Sovereign (Colossians 1:18, 19).

7. In a word — all things (Colossians 1:16, 17; 1 Corinthians 15:27).

II. WHY? Can there be any other answer but that in the text? — because He is God.

(J. W. Burn.)

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KJV: Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

WEB: who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;