Passage

Every tongue confesses

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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¹¹and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:11World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The passage speaks of every tongue confessing Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

To understand

The preceding verse describes knees bowing in heaven, on earth and under the earth. The sentence moves from bowed knees to spoken confession and names the Father as receiving glory.

A question

What does spoken confession add to the image of knees bowing?