A.T. Robertson Commentary Ephesians 1:21

"far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:" — Ephesians 1:21 (ASV)

Far above all rule (υπερανω πασης αρχης). Late compound adverbial preposition (υπερ, ανω) with the ablative case. In N.T. only here and Heb 9:5. As in Col 1:16, so here Paul claims primacy for Jesus Christ above all angels, aeons, what not. These titles all were used in the Gnostic speculations with a graduated angelic hierarchy.

World (αιων). "Age." See this identical expression in Mt 12:32 for the present time (Galatians 1:4; 1 Timothy 6:17) and the future life (Ephesians 2:7; Luke 20:35). Both combined in Mr 10:30; Luke 18:30.