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Philippians 3:20,21 — All Things Subjected To Jesus

By Ronald R. Day, Senior Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord, Jesus Christ; Philippians 3:21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things to himself.– World English Bible translation. Philippians 3:21  is often presented by trinitarians as proof that Jesus is “all-powerful.” Evidently, the phrase “according to the working whereby he is able to subject all things [literally, "the all"] to himself” is being imagined in some manner to read that Jesus is the Almighty Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The “working” that Paul refers to includes the authority and power that the unipersonal God of Jesus has given to Jesus, through the holy spirit. (Matthew 28:18; John 5:25-29,36) The basis of the working of the resurrection in the last day is the work that Jesus performed in providing the ransom sacr...