“apart from Him nothing [lit., “not even one thing”] came into being that has come into being.” That Jesus Christ created everything (cf. Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2) offers two further proofs of His deity. First, the creator of all things must Himself be “uncreated”—one who never was created—and only God is uncreated. The Greek text emphasizes the distinction between the uncreated Word and His creation, since a different verb is used here than the one used in verses 1 and 2. As noted in the previous point,