Too bad Jason's theologians never learned the meaning of "whether." It is a limiting parameter, telling us exactly and with precision, the scope of what is being discussed. The creation which involves Jesus has to do exactly and precisely with thrones, dominions, powers, and principalities. Period.
Care to debate the meaning of "Whether" as used in scripture Jason?
Begin here:
"WHETHER THEY BE" means nothing to you? Do you not know the meaning of "whether?
"Whether" gives you options, usually two, in the sense that you cannot have both, so it becomes an "either, or" option. "Whether" is never used with "and" for the second option; "OR" is always understood if not articulated in the text.
Look at how "whether" is used throughout scripture. It is one of the most influencial and powerful words found therein.
I will go down now, and see WHETHER they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will
know. -Genesis 18:21
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit WHETHER the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. -Genesis 24:21
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, WHETHER thou be my very son Esau or not. -Genesis 27:21
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, WHETHER stolen by day, or stolen by night. -Genesis 31:39
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see WHETHER it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. -Genesis
37:14
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now WHETHER it be thy son's coat OR no. -Genesis 37:32
Send one of you and let him fetch your brother and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, WHETHER there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. -Genesis 42:16
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man WHETHER ye had yet a brother? -Genesis 43:6
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see WHETHER they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. -Exodus 4:18
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut
off from the congregation of Israel, WHETHER he be a stranger, or born in the land. -Exodus 12:19
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every
day, that I may prove them, WHETHER they will walk in my law, OR no. -Exodus 16:4
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; WHETHER it be beast OR man, it shall not live: when the
trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. -Exodus 19:13
WHETHER he have gored a son, OR have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. -Exodus 21:31
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, WHETHER it be ox, OR ass, OR sheep; he shall restore double. -Exodus 22:4
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see WHETHER he have put his hand unto his
neighbour's goods. -Exodus 22:8
For all manner of trespass, WHETHER it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, OR for any manner of lost thing, which another
challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. -Exodus 22:9
All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, WHETHER ox OR sheep, that is male. -Exodus 34:19
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; WHETHER it be a male OR female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. -Lev 3:1
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing and is a witness, WHETHER he hath seen OR known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. -Lev 5:1
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, WHETHER it be a carcase of an unclean beast, OR a carcase of unclean cattle, OR the carcase of
unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
-Lev 5:2
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, WHETHER it be of fowl OR of beast, in any of your dwellings. -Lev 7:26
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; WHETHER it be any vessel of wood, OR raiment, OR skin, OR sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. -Lev 11:32
And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; WHETHER it be oven, OR ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. -Lev 11:35
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, WHETHER it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; -Lev 13:47
WHETHER it be in the warp, OR woof; of linen, OR of woollen; WHETHER in a skin, OR in any thing made of skin; -Lev 13:48
He shall therefore burn that garment, WHETHER warp OR woof, in woollen OR in linen, OR any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. -Lev 13:52
And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, WHETHER it be bare within OR without. -Lev 13:55
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: WHETHER his flesh run with his issue, OR his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. -Lev 15:3
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and
do no work at all, WHETHER it be one of your own country, OR a stranger that sojourneth among you: -Lev 16:29
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, WHETHER it be one of your own country, OR a
stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. -Lev 17:15
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, WHETHER she be born at home, OR born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. -Lev 18:9
And WHETHER it be cow OR ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. -Lev 22:28
And the priest shall value it, WHETHER it be good OR bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. -Lev 27:12
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, WHETHER it be good OR bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. -Lev 27:14
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; WHETHER it be ox, OR sheep: it is the LORD'S. -Lev 27:26
And all the tithe of the land, WHETHER of the seed of the land, OR of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD. -Lev
27:30
He shall not search WHETHER it be good OR bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof
shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. -Lev 27:33
And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: WHETHER it was by day OR by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. -Numbers 9:21
Or WHETHER it were two days, OR a month, OR a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. -Numbers 9:22
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now WHETHER my word (LOGOS) shall come to pass unto thee OR not. -Numbers 11:23
And see the land, what it is ; and the people that dwelleth therein, WHETHER they be strong OR weak, few OR many; -Numbers 13:18
And what the land is that they dwell in, WHETHER it be good OR bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, OR in strong holds; -Numbers 13:19
And what the land is, WHETHER it be fat OR lean, WHETHER there be wood therein, OR not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the
fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
-Numbers 13:20
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, WHETHER he be born in the land, OR a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul
shall be cut off from among his people. -Numbers 15:30
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, WHETHER
it be of men OR beasts, shall be thine:
nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. -Numbers 18:15
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, WHETHER there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, OR hath been heard like it? -Deut 4:32
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, WHETHER thou wouldest keep his commandments, OR no. -Deut 8:2
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know WHETHER ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. -Deut 13:3
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, WHETHER it be ox OR sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. -Deut 18:3
If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, WHETHER they be young ones, OR eggs, and the dam
sitting upon the young, OR upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: -Deut 22:6
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, WHETHER he be of thy brethren, OR of thy strangers that are in thy
land within thy gates: -Deut 24:14
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; WHETHER the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, OR the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. -Joshua 24:15
That through them I may prove Israel, WHETHER they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, OR not.
-Jdgs 2:22
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know WHETHER they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. -Jdgs 3:4
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, WHETHER is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are
threescore and ten persons, reign over you, OR that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. -Jdgs 9:2
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know WHETHER our way which we go shall be prosperous. -Jdgs 18:5
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, WHETHER poor OR rich. -Ruth 3:10
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell WHETHER GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? -2 Sam 12:22
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be WHETHER in death OR life, even there also will thy servant be. -2 Sam 15:21
And he said, WHETHER they be come out for peace, take them alive; OR WHETHER they be come out for war, take them alive. -1 Kings 20:18
Now the men did diligently observe WHETHER any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. -1 Kings 20:33
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron WHETHER I shall recover of this disease.
-2 Kings 1:2
And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, WHETHER with many, OR with them that have no power:
help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail
against thee. -2 Chron 14:11
That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, WHETHER small OR great, WHETHER man OR woman. -2 Chron 15:13
And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, WHETHER they were of Israel: -Ezra 2:59
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, WHETHER it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. -Ezra 5:17
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, WHETHER it be unto death, OR to banishment, OR to confiscation of goods, OR to imprisonment. -Ezra 7:26
And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's
house, nor their seed, WHETHER they were of Israel. -Neh 7:61
Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see WHETHER Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. -Esther 3:4
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, WHETHER man OR woman, shall come unto the king
into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the
golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. -Esther 4:11
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another
place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth WHETHER thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
-Esther 4:14
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? WHETHER it be done against a
nation, OR against a man only: -Job 34:29
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, WHETHER thou refuse, OR whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what
thou knowest. -Job 34:33
He causeth it to come, WHETHER for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. -Job 37:13
Even a child is known by his doings, WHETHER his work be pure, and
WHETHER it be right. -Prov 20:11
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, WHETHER he rage or laugh,
there is no rest. -Prov 29:9
And who knoweth WHETHER he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he
have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I
have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. -Eccl 2:19
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, WHETHER he eat little or much:
but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. -Eccl 5:12
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine
hand: for thou knowest not WHETHER shall prosper, either this or that,
or WHETHER they both shall be alike good. -Eccl 11:6
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing,
WHETHER it be good, or whether it be evil. -Eccl 12:14
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,
and to see WHETHER the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
-Song 6:11
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish,
WHETHER the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there
will I give thee my loves. -Song 7:12
Ask ye now, and see WHETHER a man doth travail with child? wherefore
do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail,
and all faces are turned into paleness? -Jer 30:6
WHETHER it be good, or WHETHER it be evil, we will obey the voice of
the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us,
when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. -Jer 42:6
And they, WHETHER they will hear, or WHETHER they will forbear, (for
they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a
prophet among them. -Ezekiel 2:5
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, WHETHER they will hear, or
WHETHER they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. -Ezekiel 2:7
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy
people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
WHETHER they will hear, or WHETHER they will forbear. -Ezekiel 3:11
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or
torn, WHETHER it be fowl or beast. -Ezekiel 44:31
For WHETHER is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say,
Arise, and walk? -Matthew 9:5
WHETHER of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him,
The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the
publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
-Matthew 21:31
Ye fools and blind: for WHETHER is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold? -Matthew 23:17
Ye fools and blind: for WHETHER is greater, the gift, or the altar
that sanctifieth the gift? -Matthew 23:19
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto
him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us WHETHER thou
be the Christ, the Son of God. -Matthew 26:63
The governor answered and said unto them, WHETHER of the twain will ye
that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. -Matthew 27:21
The rest said, Let be, let us see WHETHER Elias will come to save him.
-Matthew 27:49
WHETHER is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be
forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? -Mark
2:9
And they watched him, WHETHER he would heal him on the sabbath day;
that they might accuse him. -Mark 3:2
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed,
and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see WHETHER Elias
will come to take him down. -Mark 15:36
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the
centurion, he asked him WHETHER he had been any while dead. -Mark
15:44
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their
hearts of John, WHETHER he were the Christ, or not; -Luke 3:15
WHETHER is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise
up and walk? -Luke 5:23
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him WHETHER he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. -Luke 6:7
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first,
and counteth the cost, WHETHER he have sufficient to finish it? -Luke
14:28
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down
first, and consulteth WHETHER he be able with ten thousand to meet him
that cometh against him with twenty thousand? -Luke 14:31
For WHETHER is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?
is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
-Luke 22:27
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked WHETHER the man were a
Galilaean. -Luke 23:6
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, WHETHER it
be of God, or whether I speak of myself. -John 7:17
He answered and said, WHETHER he be a sinner or no, I know not: one
thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. -John 9:25
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all
men, shew WHETHER of these two thou hast chosen, -Acts 1:24
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, WHETHER it be right in
the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
-Acts 4:19
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me WHETHER ye sold the land for so
much? And she said, Yea, for so much. -Acts 5:8
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he
found any of this way, WHETHER they were men OR women, he might bring
them bound unto Jerusalem. -Acts 9:2
And called, and asked WHETHER Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were
lodged there. -Acts 10:18
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, WHETHER those things were so. -Acts 17:11
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?
And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard WHETHER there be
any Holy Ghost. -Acts 19:2
And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him WHETHER
he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. -Acts
25:20
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey; WHETHER of sin unto death, OR of
obedience unto righteousness? -Romans 6:16
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to
us, WHETHER prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of
faith; -Romans 12:6
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and WHETHER we die, we die
unto the Lord: WHETHER we live therefore, OR die, we are the Lord's.
-Romans 14:8
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not
WHETHER I baptized any other. -1 Cor 1:16
WHETHER Paul, OR Apollos, OR Cephas, OR the world, OR life, OR death,
OR things present, OR things to come; all are yours; -1 Cor 3:22
For what knowest thou, O wife, WHETHER thou shalt save thy husband? or
how knowest thou, O man, WHETHER thou shalt save thy wife? -1 Cor 7:16
For though there be that are called gods, WHETHER in heaven or in
earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) -1 Cor 8:5
WHETHER therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the
glory of God. -1 Cor 10:31
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, WHETHER we be
Jews OR Gentiles, WHETHER we be bond OR free; and have been all made
to drink into one Spirit. -1 Cor 12:13
And WHETHER one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; OR one
member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. -1 Cor 12:26
Charity never faileth: but WHETHER there be prophecies, they shall
fail; WHETHER there be tongues, they shall cease; WHETHER there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away. -1 Cor 13:8
And even things without life giving sound, WHETHER pipe OR harp,
except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known
what is piped or harped? -1 Cor 14:7
Therefore WHETHER it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
-1 Cor 15:11
And WHETHER we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we
also suffer: OR WHETHER we be comforted, it is for your consolation
and salvation. -2 Cor 1:6
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you,
WHETHER ye be obedient in all things. -2 Cor 2:9
Wherefore we labour, that, WHETHER present OR absent, we may be
accepted of him. -2 Cor 5:9
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every
one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath
done, WHETHER it be good OR bad. -2 Cor 5:10
For WHETHER we be beside ourselves, it is to God: OR WHETHER we be
sober, it is for your cause. -2 Cor 5:13
WHETHER any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper
concerning you: OR our brethren be inquired of, they are the
messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. -2 Cor 8:23
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, WHETHER in the body,
I cannot tell; OR WHETHER out of the body, I cannot tell: God
knoweth; such an one caught up to the third heaven. -2 Cor 12:2
And I knew such a man, WHETHER in the body, OR out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;) -2 Cor 12:3
Examine yourselves, WHETHER ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except
ye be reprobates? -2 Cor 13:5
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he
receive of the Lord, WHETHER he be bond OR free. -Eph 6:8
What then? notwithstanding, every way, WHETHER in pretence, OR in
truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will
rejoice. -Phil 1:18
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I
shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also
Christ shall be magnified in my body, WHETHER it be by life, OR by
death. -Phil 1:20
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ:
that WHETHER I come and see you, OR else be absent, I may hear of your
affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving
together for the faith of the gospel; -Phil 1:27
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are
in earth, visible and invisible, WHETHER they be thrones, OR
dominions, OR principalities, OR powers: all things were created by
him, and for him: -Col 1:16
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, WHETHER they be
things in earth, OR things in heaven. -Col 1:20
Who died for us, that, WHETHER we wake OR sleep, we should live
together with him. -1 Thes 5:10
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have
been taught, WHETHER by word, OR our epistle. -2 Thes 2:15
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake:
WHETHER it be to the king, as supreme; -1 Peter 2:13
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits WHETHER they
are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
-1 John 4:1
In this case, (Col 1:16) you have four different things to consider, all else is not involved. "Whether they be principalities, powers, thrones, or dominions;" nothing else is involved.