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Eph 1:22. Πάντα ὑπέταξεν, hath put all things under His feet) 1Co 15:27.-ἔδωκε) gave. Not, however, that Christ was not formerly Head of the Church, ch. Eph 5:25; Joh 3:29.-ὑπὲρ πάντα, above [over] all things) The Church, as being above all things, above authorities, etc., the Head of which [Eph 1:10, ἀνα-κεφα-λαιώσασθαι, together under one Head, etc.] is Christ, Col 2:10, may say, Christ is my Head: I am His body. The dative of advantage to the Church is in contradistinction to the over, or above [all things].