1 Corinthians 15:28

And when. Gr. hotan de, “but when.” Verse 27 deals with Christ’s leadership in the victory over sin; v. 28 deals with the subsequent relationship of the conquering Son to the Father.

Son. In the divine plan for the redemption of the world the Father committed everything into the hands of the Son (see on Matt. 11:27; Col. 1:19). When Christ’s mission is completed and the enemies of God subdued, then the Son will deliver “up the kingdom to God, even the Father” (1 Cor. 15:24). This act implies no inferiority of the Son compared with the Father. It is a demonstration of the unity of purpose among the members of the Godhead, whereby the activities of one are seen to be but the carrying out of the united will (Vol. V, pp. 917-919; see on John 10:30).

That God may be. Here is epitomized the supreme objective of Christ’s career — the Son lived to glorify the Father (see John 17:1, 4, 6). Christ will not rest until the Father’s supremacy is acknowledged by the universe (see on Eph. 4:6; Phil. 2:11), and nothing remains outside the orbit of God’s beneficent control.