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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
- 1 Cor 3:23And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
- Eph 1:23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
- Phil 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
- John 14:28Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
- 1 Cor 11:3But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
- 1 Cor 12:6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
- Rev 19:11–21And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
- Matt 13:41–43The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
- Dan 2:40–45And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
- Ps 21:8–9Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Ps 2:8–9Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
- Ps 18:39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
- Ps 18:47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
- Dan 2:34–35Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Rev 20:10–15And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
- Rev 20:2–4And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
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