ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου Ὅς (nom. sg. masc. of rel.pron.ὅς, ἥ, ὅ) refers to the “dearly loved Son” (v. 13); TNIV, “the Son is … . “Ἐστιν is a timeless/atemporal present (cf.Z§372); either Jesus, as God’s Son, is eternally the outward projection of the Father, or after his incarnation Jesus remains forever God’s visible expression; cf.Dunn 89n16. Εἰκών (- όνος, ἡ, image) is nom. after the vb.εἰμί, and is anar. because a pred. noun after εἰμί sometimes lacks