1 Corinthians 15:28

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The apostle Paul writes to the Corinthian church while defending the necessity of bodily resurrection against their doubts. He addresses the final stage of Christ's victory immediately after explaining how God has placed all enemies under His feet.

The words — ὑποταγή (hupotagē) means "shall have been subjected," and πᾶντα (panta) means "all things." The text states that the Son will be made subject to the Father once every opposing power is subdued.

The thread — This theme of divine supremacy runs through Colossians 3:11, where Christ is all and in all. It echoes 1 Corinthians 3:23, which declares that believers belong to Christ and Christ to God, and Ephesians 1:23, which describes the church as the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that Christ's mediatorial reign concludes when every resistance is removed. It asks the reader to align their hope not with perpetual struggle, but with the final reality of God's complete and unchallenged rule.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
1 Corinthians 3:23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
Ephesians 1:23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Philippians 3:21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
John 14:28 You 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 Corinthians 11:3 But 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 Corinthians 12:6 There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
Revelation 19:11 Then 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.
Matthew 13:41 The 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.
Psalms 2:8 Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.