If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
Parallel translations
- WEB If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.
- BSB If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
- 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 22:1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- Rev 22:3And 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:
- John 17:4–6I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
- Isa 53:10–12Yet 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.
- John 12:23And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
- John 17:1These 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:
- Rev 22:13I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
- Heb 1:2–3Hath 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;
- 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
- John 17:21–24That 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.
- Rev 21:22–23And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
- Rev 3:21To 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.
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