Charles Ellicott Commentary Philippians 2:11

"and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." — Philippians 2:11 (ASV)

That Jesus Christ is Lord.—The word “Lord” is the word constantly used in the Septuagint to translate, though inadequately, the name Jehovah. The context would suggest that meaning here, for the worship paid is obviously the worship done to God. But, though less perfectly, the acknowledgment of universal lordship and majesty (such as He claimed in Matthew 28:18-20) would satisfy the necessities of the passage. For, after all, to what created being can it be due? (On this confession of Jesus as Lord, see Acts 2:36; Romans 10:9.)

To the glory of God the Father.—The acknowledgment of the glory of Christ is the acknowledgment of the glory of the Father, as the Source of Deity, manifested perfectly in Him. (John 14:9). Note in John 5:19-30, our Lord’s repeated profession that His work on earth was to manifest the Father; in John 17:4, His declaration that He had done so; and in John 17:24, the truth that His glory is the glory given by the Father.