n. He returned in a glorified body, subject to different laws and governed
by different principles. But that is not what is meant here. That is what
Paul calls "the first-fruits of them that slept." But here "firstborn"
means what it does in verse 15. We have already seen that it means the
owner, the possessor, of the old creation. Here then it means the owner,
possessor, of the new creation. He is the One who alone possesses the
resurrection life that he gives to each of us. That is what John is saying
in 