For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
He made everything personally, as controller he personally brings to completion all things that have been made. It behooves everyone to look to him, giving thanks for what they have, and asking for providence in the future. They ought also offer him due praise. Through these expressions the divine apostle showed that he did not acknowledge a difference in purpose between from whom and through whom, the former (as though indicating something greater) belonging to the Father, and the latter (as conveying something less) referring to the Son: he applied both to each person.
He made everything personally, as controller he personally brings to completion all things that have been made. It behooves everyone to look to him, giving thanks for what they have, and asking for providence in the future. They ought also offer him due praise. Through these expressions the divine apostle showed that he did not acknowledge a difference in purpose between from whom and through whom, the former (as though indicating something greater) belonging to the Father, and the latter (as conveying something less) referring to the Son: he applied both to each person.
Theodoret of Cyrus, "The Letter to the Romans" on Romans 11:36
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