keypurr said:Phi 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Phi 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Phi 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Joh 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: Joh 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Joh 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Joh 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Joh 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
1Co 15:27 All things are put under him; undoubtedly, he is excepted, who put all things under him.
1Co 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then the Son also himself shall be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. (DRB
There is no equality as long as Christ is in subjection to his Father.
Mary and Joseph were subject to Jesus according to Scripture. Does that make them inferior to Him? Subjection is functional roles, not essential unequality.
Phil. 2 is actually a key passage that shows that Jesus is equal with God, but voluntarily became lower positionally than the angels for a time (Hebrews 1; 2) without losing His essential equality with God.