For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
Everything has been placed under Christ's authority. But obviously when we say 'everything,' we're not including God himself, the one who gave Christ that authority in the first place.
Jesus has authority over everything, except of course the one who gave him that authority.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century AD, the Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthians to address various challenges in a bustling Greco-Roman city, including skepticism about the resurrection of the dead. This verse is part of Paul's argument in Chapter 15, where he draws from Psalm 8 to emphasize that God has placed all things under Christ's authority as a fulfillment of God's redemptive plan. However, Paul clarifies that this subjection does not include God the Father, who is the one initiating this order.
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