Philippians 2:10
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Study Note
Study Note
'That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth' — the exaltation clause of the Christ-hymn applies Isaiah 45:23 — God's declaration that before him every knee will bow — directly to Jesus, constituting one of the New Testament's most explicit identifications of the exalted Jesus with the Yahweh of Isaiah's monotheistic proclamation. The threefold cosmic scope (heaven, earth, under-earth) leaves no domain of reality outside the scope of Christ's universal lordship. Romans 14:11 and Revelation 5:13 develop the same universal acclamation, showing that the kenotic pattern of verses 5–8 leads to the exaltation pattern of verses 9–11 as its divinely intended culmination.
Other Translations
that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,
that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow--of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth--
So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,
Cross References
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