John 5:23

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus is addressing the Jewish leaders who have just charged Him with blasphemy (John 5:18), in the middle of a defense of His authority to judge and give life.

The words — τιμῶσιν (timōsin), "may honor," appears twice in identical form, binding Son and Father to the same verb and the same present-tense obligation.

The thread — 1 John 2:23 states the same equation in negative and positive form (deny the Son, lose the Father; confess the Son, have the Father). Luke 10:16 and Matthew 11:27 reinforce the chain: reject the Son, reject the Sender.

Why it lands — The verse removes any option of honoring the Father while dismissing the Son; it is a binary claim, not a suggestion.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

1 John 2:23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
Luke 10:16 Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
2 John 1:9 Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
John 15:23 Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
Jeremiah 17:5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Luke 12:8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
1 Thessalonians 3:11 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
Ephesians 6:24 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.