John 5:23
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
John 5:23 in other translations
| BSB | so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. |
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| WEB | that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him. |
| ASV | that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him. |
| YLT | that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him. |
| DARBY | that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who honours not the Son, honours not the Father who has sent him. |
| BBE | So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him. |
| Webster | That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father who hath sent him. |
What does John 5:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:21-23
21-23. raiseth the dead and quickeneth them--one act in two stages. This is His absolute prerogative as God. so the Son quickeneth them--that is, raiseth up and quickeneth. whom he will--not only doing the same divine act, but doing it as the result of His own will, even as the Father does it. This statement is of immense importance in relation to the miracles of Christ, distinguishing them from similar miracles of…
Barnes' Notes
Even as. To the same extent; in the same manner. Since the Son is to be honoured EVEN AS the Father, it follows that he must be equal with the Father. To honour the Father must denote religious homage, or the rendering of that honour which is due to God; so to honour the Son must also denote religious homage. If our Saviour here did not intend to teach that he ought to be worshipped, and to be esteemed as equal with God, it would be difficult to teach it by any language which we could use.
He that honoureth not the Son. He that does not believe on him, and render to him the homage which is his due as the equal of God.
Honoureth not the Father. Does not worship and obey the Father, the first person of the Trinity--that is, does not worship God. He may imagine that he worships God, but there is no God but the God subsisting as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. He that withholds proper homage from one, withholds it from all. He that should refuse to honour the Father, could not be said to honour God; and in the like manner, he that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father. This appears farther from the following considerations:--
1st. The Father wills that the Son should be honoured. He that refuses to do it disobeys the Father.
2nd. They are equal. He that denies the one denies also the other.
3rd. The same feeling that leads us to honour the Father will also lead us to honour the Son, for he is "the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person," Heb 1:3.
4th. The evidence of the existence of the Son is the same as that of the Father. He has the same wisdom, goodness, omnipresence, truth, power.
And from these verses we may learn --
1st. That those who do not render proper homage to Jesus Christ do not worship the true God.
2nd. There is no such God as the infidel professes to believe in. There can be but one God; and if the God of the Bible be the true God, then all other gods are false gods.
3rd. Those who withhold proper homage from Jesus Christ, who do not honour him EVEN AS they honour the Father, cannot be Christians.
4th. One evidence of piety is when we are willing to render proper praise and homage to Jesus Christ --to love him, and serve and obey him, with all our hearts.
5th. As a matter of fact, it may be added that they who do not honour the Son do not worship God at all. The infidel has no form of worship; he has no place of secret prayer, no temple of worship, no family altar. Who ever yet heard of an infidel that prayed? Where do such men build houses of worship? Where do they meet to praise God? Nowhere. As certainly as we hear the name infidel, we are certain at once that we hear the name of a man who has no form of religion in his family, who never prays in secret, and who will do nothing to maintain the public worship of God. Account for it as men may, it is a fact that no one can dispute, that it is only they who do honour to the Lord Jesus that have any form of the worship of God, or that honour him; and their veneration for God is just in proportion to their love for the Redeemer--just as they honour him.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 5:17-23
The Divine power of the miracle proved Jesus to be the Son of God, and he declared that he worked with, and like unto his Father, as he saw good. These ancient enemies of Christ understood him, and became more violent, charging him not only with sabbath-breaking, but blasphemy, in calling God his own Father, and making himself equal with God. But all things now, and at the final judgment, are committed to the Son…
John 5:23 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 5:23
- 1 John 2:23
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
- Luke 10:16
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
- Matthew 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
- 2 John 1:9
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
- John 15:23-24
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
- Jeremiah 17:5-7
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
- Luke 12:8-9
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
- Hebrews 1:6
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
- Ephesians 6:24
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.
- Titus 3:4-6
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
- 2 Peter 3:18
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:1; Ps 146:3-5; Jer 17:5-7; Mt 12:21; Ro 15:12; 2Co 1:9
Eph 1:12,13; 2Ti 1:12; *marg:
Ps 2:12; Isa 42:8; 43:10; 44:6; Mt 28:19; Ro 1:7; 1Co 1:3; 2Co 13:14
1Th 3:11-13; 2Th 2:16,17; Heb 1:6; 2Pe 3:18; Re 5:8-14
Mt 10:37; 22:37,38; 1Co 16:22; Eph 6:24; Lu 12:8,9; Ro 6:22; 14:7-9
1Co 6:19; 10:31; 2Co 5:14,19; Tit 2:14; Isa 43:11; 45:15,21; Zec 9:9
Tit 2:13; 3:4-6; 2Pe 1:1
He that.
15:23,24; 16:14; 17:10; Mt 11:27; Ro 8:9; 1Jo 2:23; 2Jo 1:9
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Context
- John 5:22
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
- John 5:23
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 5:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo, no honra al Padre que le envió. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | afin que tous honorent le Fils comme ils honorent le Père. Celui qui n’honore pas le Fils, n’honore pas le Père qui l’a envoyé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | auf daß alle den Sohn ehren, wie sie den Vater ehren. Wer den Sohn nicht ehrt, ehrt den Vater nicht, der ihn gesandt hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut omnes honorificent Filium, sicut honorificant Patrem; qui non honorificat Filium, non honorificat Patrem, qui misit illum. |