Bible Strands
Philippians 2:11
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul, writing from prison to the Philippian church, delivers the final clause of the Christ hymn (2:5–11), the universal acclamation that crowns the passage on Christ's self-emptying.
The words — ἐξομολογήσηται (exomologēsētai) is aorist subjunctive, a full public declaration rather than a private murmur; κύριος (kyrios) is the same word the LXX uses for YHWH in Isaiah 45:23, the verse this passage echoes.
The thread — Isaiah 45:23 is the direct OT source, quoted in Romans 14:11 with "confess to God" rather than "confess that Jesus is Lord"; John 13:13 records Jesus accepting the title without reservation.
Why it lands — The verse is future and universal, not a present command; it asks the reader to see current obedience (v. 12) as alignment with an outcome already guaranteed.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Cross-references
- 1 John 4:15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- Romans 14:11 It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
- John 13:13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
- Romans 14:9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
- 1 John 4:2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
- 1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
- John 14:13 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Matthew 10:32 Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.