1 Corinthians 15:25

Fragments of Papias

The presbyters, the disciples of the apostles, say that this is the gradation and arrangement of those who are saved, and that they advance through steps of this nature; and that, moreover, they ascend through the Spirit to the Son, and through the Son to the Father; and that in due time the Son will yield up His work to the Father, even as it is said by the apostle, "For He must reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."[20]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

For the resurrection of the body will receive all the better proof, in proportion as I shall succeed in showing that Christ belongs to that God who is believed to have provided this resurrection of the flesh in His dispensation. When he says, "For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet,"[404]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

(of course, as having been, (to use the apostle's phrase,) "put under His feet"[433]

Origen de Principiis Book I

And if the meaning of the prophet's language here be less clear, we may ascertain it from the Apostle Paul, who speaks more openly, thus: "For Christ must reign until He has put all enemies under His feet."[106]

Origen Against Celsus Book VI

We would say, moreover, that death ceases in the world when the sin of the world dies, referring the saying to the mystical words of the apostle, which run as follows: "When He shall have put all enemies under His feet, then the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."[185]

Origen Commentary on John Book X

Let us seek to find in the Church the truth of each statement made about the temple. If all Christ's enemies are made the footstool of His feet,[133]