“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;”
And every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father — homologeō (confess, acknowledge) is voluntary and public: every tongue confesses. The title 'Lord' (kyrios) is the Septuagint's rendering of YHWH. 'Jesus Christ is Lord' (Iēsous Christos kyrios) is the earliest Christian confession (Romans 10:9). Crucially, this magnifies 'God the Father' (doxa tou Theou Patros): Christ's exaltation glorifies the Father, not competing with it. The hymn's theology is trinitarian: exaltation of Son glorifies Father.
Church Fathers on Philippians 2:10
I have stated the views of the heretics. It is befitting that I now speak of what is our own. They say that the words, “He counted it not a prize,” are of wrongfully seizing. We have proved, that this is altogether vapid and impertinent, for no man would exhort another to humility on such grounds, nor in this sort does he praise God, or even man. What is it then, beloved? Give heed to what I now say. Since many men think, that, when they are lowly, they are deprived of their…
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