Wednesday, January 20, 2021

All things subjected to the Son - 1 Corinthians 15:27-28


1 Corinthians 15:27-28

New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

27 For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is plain that this does not include the one who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things in subjection under him, so that God may be all in all.

According to the text and its context: 

  1. Christ was not always subject to God according to verse 28.
  2. When will the Son subject himself to God in 1 Cor 15:28?
  3. When "all things" (all creatures except God) will be subjected to the Son, then, the Son will subject himself to God. This shows that God and Christ are equal because they are not part of "all things" which are subjected to them.

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