Every Knee Shall Bow | 70s Distressed Halftone Comic Book Aesthetic | Philippians 2:10-11 | Isaiah 45:23 | Orthodox Christian Spiral Notebook

Scripture

... that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

- Philippians 2:10-11

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I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

- Isaiah 45:23

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It is written: "As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God."

- Romans 14:11

Interpretation

That is, "The whole world-angels, men, and demons," or perhaps, "both the righteous and sinners." Even demons will acknowledge him and fall prostrate against their will. They will no longer strive against the truth, for even before that time they said, "I know Thee Who Thou art" (Luke 4:34).

+ Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid, Explanation of Philippians (buy the collected volume of St Theophylact's Explanations of the Epistles here)

Application

For it is written, "As I live," says the Lord, "every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no-one put a stumbling block, or occasion to fall, in his brother's way.

+ St Augustine, The Catholic (Universal) and Manichaean Ways of Life