If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
Parallel translations
- WEB If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.
- KJV If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
- NKJV If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him immediately.
- NASB if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.
- NLT And since God receives glory because of the Son, he will give his own glory to the Son, and he will do so at once.
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Quick answer
Since God is glorified in the Son, God will also glorify the Son in Himself, and soon. It points to the Son's exaltation following His sacrifice.
Overview
The mutual glorification of Father and Son culminates in the Son's resurrection and ascension to the Father's presence. The cross leads directly to exaltation and shared divine glory (cf. 17:5). The verse assures that Christ's humiliation is the path to His glorious vindication.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Rev 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- Rev 22:3No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
- John 17:4–6I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- Isa 53:10–12Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- John 12:23But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- John 17:1When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
- Rev 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- Heb 1:2–3But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
- 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- John 17:21–24that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- Rev 21:22–23But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
- Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
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