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Then [cometh] the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ensuite viendra la fin, quand il remettra le royaume à celui qui est Dieu et Père, après avoir détruit toute domination, toute autorité et toute puissance.

KJV

Then [cometh] the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    It would seem that the orders of angels will not outlast the Day of Judgment. For the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 15:24 ), that Christ will "bring to naught all principality and power, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father," and this will be in the final con…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    d be subject to the inferior. Therefore there is no precedence among the demons. On the contrary, On 1 Cor. 15:24 the gloss says: "While the world lasts, angels will preside over angels, men over men, and demons over demons." I answer that, Since action follows the nature of a th…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    sex. Objection 2: Further, in the world to come all pre-eminence will cease, as a gloss observes on 1 Cor. 15:24. Now woman is subject to man in the natural order. Therefore women will rise again not in the female but in the male sex. Objection 3: Further, that which is produced…

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