if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.
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.
- 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.
- 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 22:1He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
- Rev 22:3There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.
- John 17:4–6I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
- Isa 53:10–12Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days, and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
- John 12:23Jesus answered them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- John 17:1Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
- Rev 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
- Heb 1:2–3has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
- 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
- John 17:21–24that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
- Rev 21:22–23I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
- Rev 3:21He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
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