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has rendered all things subordinate to Him. — £/<roray^<rsra/, shall be made subordinate ) for this word is both more proper and more becoming than shall be subjected . The word is one very well adapted for denoting things most widely different. For the subordination of the Son to the Father is manifestly one thing, of the creatures to God is another. The Son shall be made subordinate to the Father in such a way as He had not formerly been ; for in the mediatorial kingdom, the brightness of the Son had been in a manner separated from the Father; but subsequently the Son shall be made quite subordinate to the Father ; and that subordination of the Son will be entirely voluntary, an event desired by the Son Himself and glorious to Him ; for He will not be subordinate as a servant , Heb. i. 14; comp, the foregoing verses ; but as a Son. [So also in human affairs there is not only the subordination of subjects, but also of sons, Luc. ii. 51 ; Heb. xii. 9. — Y. g.] — worayfairai is therefore in the middle, not in the passive voice. My goodness , says He, Ps. xvi. 2, is not independent of Thee, O Jehovah [Engl. Vers., extendeth not to Thee.~\ Hesshusius remarks, The subjection and obedience of the Son towards the Father , do not take away the equality of the power , nor produce diversity in the essence. The Son in all eternity , acknowledges with the deepest reverence that He was begotten from eternity by the Father ; He also acknow- ledges that He has received the spiritual kingdom from the Father , and has been constituted Lord of the vjhole world by the same. He will show to the whole creation His most holy reverence , sub- jection, and filial love , so that all honour may be rendered to the eternal Father. But herein there is no derogation to the divine honour of the Son ; since the Father Himself wills that all men should honour the Son , as they honour the Father. John v., Exam. p. 10. — ha f\ 6 ®&og tfavra sv na ov, that God may be all in all) Here something new is signified, but which is at the same time the consummation of all that has gone before, and ever- lasting. All things (and therefore all men) without any inter- ruption, without any creature to invade His prerogative, or any enemy to disturb, will be made subordinate to the Son, and the Son to the Father. All things will say : God is all to me. This is AXog, this is the end and consummation. Further than this, not even the apostle can go. As in Christ, there is neither
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