John 13 · Verse 32

John 13:32

If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
John 13:32, King James Version

John 13:32 in other translations

BSBIf God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
WEBIf God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.
ASVand God shall glorify him in himself, and straightway shall he glorify him.
YLTif God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.
DARBYIf God be glorified in him,God also shall glorify him in himself, and shall glorify him immediately.
BBEIf God is given glory in him, God will give him glory in himself, and will give him glory even now.
WebsterIf God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will immediately glorify him.

What does John 13:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. If God be glorified in him, God shall also--in return and reward of this highest of all services ever rendered to Him, or capable of being rendered. glorify him in himself, and ... straightway glorify him--referring now to the Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ after this service was over, including all the honor and glory then put upon Him, and that will for ever encircle Him as Head of the new creation.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 32. If God be glorified in him. If God be honoured by him. If the life and death of the Messiah be such as to lead to the honour of God, such as shall manifest its perfections, and show his goodness, truth, and justice, then he will show that he thus approves his work.

God shall also glorify him. He will honour the Messiah. He will not suffer him to go without a proper attestation of his acceptance, and of the honour that God puts on him. Jesus here confidently anticipated that the Father would show that he was pleased with what he had done. He did it in the miracles that attended his death, in his resurrection, ascension, exaltation, and in the success of the gospel. We may remark that God will always, in the proper time and way, manifest his approbation of those who live so as to promote the honour of his name.

In himself Or by himself; by a direct and public expression of his approbation. Not by the ministry of angels or by any other subordinate attestation, but by an expression that shall be direct from him. This was done by his direct interposition in his resurrection and ascension to heaven.

Shall straightway. Immediately, or without delay. This refers to the fact that the time when God would put this honour on him was at hand. His death, resurrection, and ascension were near.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 And shall straightway glorify him - Or, glorify him, ευθυς, immediately; "he did, not only in the miracles wrought at his death, but also in that remarkable case mentioned, Joh 18:6, when the whole crowd that came to seize him were driven back with a word of his mouth, and fell to the ground.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 13:31-35

Christ had been glorified in many miracles he wrought, yet he speaks of his being glorified now in his sufferings, as if that were more than all his other glories in his humbled state. Satisfaction was thereby made for the wrong done to God by the sin of man. We cannot now follow our Lord to his heavenly happiness, but if we truly believe in him, we shall follow him hereafter; meanwhile we must wait his time, and do…

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John 13:32 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

εἰeiIfG1487
ὁho<the>G3588
θεὸςtheosGodG2316
ἐδοξάσθηedoxasthēis glorifiedG1392
ἐνeninG1722
αὐτῷautōHimG846
καὶkaialsoG2532
ὁho<the>G3588
θεὸςtheosGodG2316
δοξάσειdoxaseiwill glorifyG1392
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
ἐνeninG1722
αὐτῷautōHim[self]G846
καὶkaiandG2532
εὐθὺςeuthusimmediatelyG2112
δοξάσειdoxaseiwill glorifyG1392
αὐτόν.autonHim.G846

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Cross references for John 13:32

  • Revelation 22:3

    And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

  • Revelation 22:1

    And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

  • John 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:

  • John 17:4-6

    I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

  • John 12:23

    And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

  • Isaiah 53:10-12

    Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

  • Revelation 21:22-23

    And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

  • John 17:21-24

    That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

  • Hebrews 1:2-3

    Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  • Revelation 3:21

    To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  • 1 Peter 3:22

    Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  • Revelation 22:13

    I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

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shall.
17:4-6,21-24; Isa 53:10-12; Heb 1:2,3; 1Pe 3:22; Re 3:21; 21:22,23
Re 22:1,3,13
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12:23

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Context

  • John 13:31

    Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

  • John 13:32

    If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

  • John 13:33

    Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

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John 13:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si Dios es glorificado en él, Dios también le glorificará en sí mismo, y luego le glorificará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si Dieu est glorifié en lui, Dieu aussi le glorifiera en lui-même; et aussitôt il le glorifiera.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn Gott verherrlicht ist in ihm, so wird auch Gott ihn verherrlichen in sich selbst, und alsbald wird er ihn verherrlichen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si Deus clarificatus est in eo, et Deus clarificabit eum in semetipso: et continuo clarificabit eum.