Bible Strands
John 13:32
If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses His remaining disciples immediately after Judas departs the upper room, marking the transition from His public ministry to His impending death and resurrection.
The words — εἰ (ei) = If and ἐδοξασθήσεται (edoxasthēsetai) = will be glorified, establishing a conditional promise that divine vindication follows the Father’s glorification through the Son.
The thread — The reciprocal glorification between Father and Son echoes the shared throne motif in Revelation 22:3 and aligns with Isaiah 53:10, where suffering precedes divine vindication.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s glorification of Jesus triggers immediate reciprocal glorification, requiring readers to recognize that obedience to the point of death is the mechanism of divine exaltation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
Cross-references
- Revelation 22:1 Then 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
- Revelation 22:3 No 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.
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet 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 12:23 But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- John 17:1 When 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.
- John 17:4 I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- John 17:21 that 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.
- Hebrews 1:2 But 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 Peter 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Revelation 3:21 To 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.