Chapter IV.—Continuation. And [know ye, moreover], that He who was born of a woman was the Son of God, and He that was crucified was “the first-born of every creature,”709 and God the Word, who also created all things. For says the apostle, “There is one God, the Father, of whom are all things; 108 and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things.”710 And again, “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus;”711 and, “By Him were all things created that are in heaven, and on earth, visible and invisible; and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.”712 709 Col. i. 15. 710 1 Cor. viii. 6. 711 1 Tim. ii. 5. 712 Col. i. 16, 17. Chapter IV.—Continuation. 284 Chapter IV.—Continuation.