And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
Parallel translations
- WEB When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
- KJV And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
- NKJV Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
- NASB When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.
- NLT Then, when all things are under his authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.
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Quick answer
When all is subjected, the Son also subjects Himself so God may be all in all. It matters because it points to the final, undivided supremacy of God.
Overview
Paul describes the goal of redemption: the Son's voluntary subjection to the Father once His mission is complete, so that God is everything in everyone. This is the Son's eternal, willing role in the harmony of the Trinity, not a loss of deity. The verse sets the believer's gaze on the ultimate end when God's glory fills all.
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Cross-references · 17
- Col 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- 1 Cor 3:23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
- Eph 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
- Phil 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
- John 14:28You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
- 1 Cor 11:3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- 1 Cor 12:6There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
- Rev 19:11–21Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
- Matt 13:41–43The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- Dan 2:40–45Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.
- Ps 21:8–9Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
- Ps 2:8–9Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Ps 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
- Ps 18:47the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
- Dan 2:34–35As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
- Rev 20:10–15And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- Rev 20:2–4He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
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