until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.' — the enemies (echthroi, foes) placed as a footstool (hypopodion, footstool) is humiliation and complete subjugation. The 'until' (heōs) indicates a process: Christ reigns now (already) but enemies are still being subdued; final victory awaits the parousia (not yet). The already-not yet tension defines the present age.

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