Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 1:23
23. His body So that he and the Church are one conceptual person. He unifies, vivifies, inspires that body with which, as its head, he is identical and one. All in all, is expressly limited in the parallel passage. 1 Corinthians 15:28. (see note,) to God the Father, or the whole Trinity. That the passages are parallel is clear from the same quotation from the Psalm being used in both. Him, therefore, refers not, we think, to Christ, but to God. Paul’s words regarding Christ in... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 1:22
22. The last previous verse declares the superiority of Christ’s rank; this declares that all inferiors are directly subjected to his rule. Put… feet The words are evidently run in from Psalms 8:6, where they are spoken of man as the supreme of the earth. Christ is the supreme ideal man. And here is a peaceful supremacy different from the subjection of all things by conquest specified in 1 Corinthians 15:27. Gave him… to the Church But while this supremacy embraces all in its benign sway,... read more