Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Corinthians 15:28

"And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all." — 1 Corinthians 15:28 (ASV)

Verse 27 makes clear that in the “all things” God the Father is not made subject to Christ. On the other hand, v.28 suggests that the Son in a certain sense will be made subject to God the Father. That this does not mean inferiority of person or nature is shown by the future tense of the verb: “the Son himself will be made subject.” If there were inherent inferiority, the present tense would be expected—i.e., “he is ever subjected to the Father.” But the future aspect of Christ’s subjection to the Father must rather be viewed in the light of the administrative process in which the world is brought from its sin and disorder into order by the power of the Son, who died and was raised and who then, in the economy of the Godhead, turns it all over to God the Father, the supreme administrative head. All this is to be done so that God will be recognized by all as sovereign, and he—the triune God—will be supreme (cf. Revelation 22:3–5).