P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

the same time introduces the element of reciprocity.
Martin 58 brings out the significance of this with
his paraphrase:
limit of death:
'He became obedient to the utmost
that is why God has lifted Him out
of death and honoured Him'.
While it is true that the central theme
of the hymn is the obedience of Christ, it is also
true that implicit in this theme is the fact that
Christ is, because of his obedience, elevated to a
position of cosmic supremacy by way of the resurrection.
It is at this point that the theological parallelism
to Eph 1:20ff becomes clear.
In Col 1:15-20 and, to
a much lesser degree, 1 Peter 3:18-22 the consequence
of Christ's exaltation was that the new age had begun.
This theme is also present in Phil 2:11a, though in
no emphatic form. This is indicated by !l;olloAoy&t'aeal.
with its significance not of 'to proclaim with thanksgiving,59
but 'admit'
60
'acknowledge'; creation
openly acknowledges that Christ is now the rightful
Lord of the universe by virtue of the fact that he
has triumphed over all enemies and has entered upon
his reign as Lord of the cosmos.
Thus the eschatological
aspect that is present in Eph 1:20ff is also
present, though not emphatically so, in Phil 2:5-11.
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