John 5:23

The NET Bible®

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
so that all people may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.

King James Version (1611)
That all men should honour the Son, euen as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not ye Sonne, honoreth not ye Father which hath sent him.

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.

English Standard Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

New Century Version
so that all people will honor the Son as much as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Amplified Bible
so that all will give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] the one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who has sent Him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
The Father wants all people to honor the Son as much as they honor him. When anyone refuses to honor the Son, that is the same as refusing to honor the Father who sent him.

Complete Jewish Bible
so that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever fails to honor the Son is not honoring the Father who sent him.

Darby Translation
that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who honours not the Son, honours not the Father who has sent him.

Easy-to-Read Version
God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same as they respect the Father. Anyone who does not respect the Son does not respect the Father. He is the one who sent the Son.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.

George Lamsa Translation
So that every man should honor the Son, just as he honors the Father. He who does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

Good News Translation
so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Lexham English Bible
in order that all people will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Literal Translation
so that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The one not honoring the Son does not honor the Father who has sent Him.

American Standard Version
that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.

Bible in Basic English
So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

Hebrew Names Version
that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

International Standard Version
so that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.1 John 2:23;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
that all men should honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who sent him.

Murdock Translation
that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Because that all men shoulde honour the sonne, euen as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not ye father which hath sent hym.

English Revised Version
that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which sent him.

World English Bible
that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
That all men may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father that sent him.

Weymouth's New Testament
that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that alle men onoure the sone, as thei onouren the fadir. He that onourith not the sone, onourith not the fadir that sente hym.

Update Bible Version
that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father that sent him.

Webster's Bible Translation
That all [men] should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father who hath sent him.

New King James Version
that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

New Living Translation
so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.

New Life Bible
He does this so that all people will honor the Son as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father Who sent Him.

New Revised Standard
so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That, all, may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father: he that doth not honour the Son, doth not, in fact, honour the Father who sent him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who hath sent him.

Revised Standard Version
that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
because that all men shuld honoure the sonne eve as they honoure the father. He that honoureth not ye sonne the same honoureth not the father which hath sent him.

Young's Literal Translation
that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that they all might honoure the sonne, euen as they honoure ye father. Who so honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not the father, which hath sent him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
that all men should honour the son, even as they honour the father. he that honoureth not the son, honoureth not the father who hath sent him.

THE MESSAGE
Even on the Sabbath Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, "Do you want to get well?" The sick man said, "Sir, when the water is stirred, I don't have anybody to put me in the pool. By the time I get there, somebody else is already in." Jesus said, "Get up, take your bedroll, start walking." The man was healed on the spot. He picked up his bedroll and walked off. That day happened to be the Sabbath. The Jews stopped the healed man and said, "It's the Sabbath. You can't carry your bedroll around. It's against the rules." But he told them, "The man who made me well told me to. He said, ‘Take your bedroll and start walking.'" They asked, "Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?" But the healed man didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd. A little later Jesus found him in the Temple and said, "You look wonderful! You're well! Don't return to a sinning life or something worse might happen." The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus—because he did this kind of thing on the Sabbath. But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I." That really set them off. The Jews were now not only out to expose him; they were out to kill him. Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was calling God his own Father, putting himself on a level with God. So Jesus explained himself at length. "I'm telling you this straight. The Son can't independently do a thing, only what he sees the Father doing. What the Father does, the Son does. The Father loves the Son and includes him in everything he is doing. "But you haven't seen the half of it yet, for in the same way that the Father raises the dead and creates life, so does the Son. The Son gives life to anyone he chooses. Neither he nor the Father shuts anyone out. The Father handed all authority to judge over to the Son so that the Son will be honored equally with the Father. Anyone who dishonors the Son, dishonors the Father, for it was the Father's decision to put the Son in the place of honor.

Simplified Cowboy Version
If you don't show respect to the Son, then you are disrespecting the Father. He's the one who sent the Son to you.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working." ¹⁸ For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. ¹⁹ So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. ²⁰ For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed. ²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. ²² Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ "I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life. ²⁵ I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming—and is now here—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all men: John 14:1, Psalms 146:3-5, Jeremiah 17:5-7, Matthew 12:21, Romans 15:12, 2 Corinthians 1:9, Ephesians 1:12, Ephesians 1:13, 2 Timothy 1:12, *marg. Psalms 2:12, Isaiah 42:8, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 44:6, Matthew 28:19, Romans 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:17, Hebrews 1:6, 2 Peter 3:18, Revelation 5:8-14, Matthew 10:37, Matthew 22:37, Matthew 22:38, 1 Corinthians 16:22, Ephesians 6:24, Luke 12:8, Luke 12:9, Romans 6:22, Romans 14:7-9, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Titus 2:14, Isaiah 43:11, Isaiah 45:15, Isaiah 45:21, Zechariah 9:9, Titus 2:13, Titus 3:4-6, 2 Peter 1:1

He that: John 15:23, John 15:24, John 16:14, John 17:10, Matthew 11:27, Romans 8:9, 1 John 2:23, 2 John 1:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:2 - exalt him Exodus 23:21 - my name Deuteronomy 5:7 - General Judges 11:27 - the Judge 1 Samuel 2:30 - them Esther 6:6 - whom the king Psalms 50:4 - judge Psalms 50:6 - God Psalms 68:20 - unto Psalms 72:15 - daily Psalms 94:2 - thou Isaiah 48:11 - I will not Isaiah 51:5 - mine Isaiah 52:13 - he shall Micah 4:3 - he shall judge Zechariah 13:7 - the man Matthew 2:2 - worship Matthew 2:11 - worshipped Matthew 10:40 - and he that Matthew 25:42 - General Matthew 28:17 - worshipped Mark 9:37 - receive me Mark 12:6 - They Luke 5:24 - power Luke 10:16 - despiseth him Luke 17:16 - fell John 1:34 - this John 2:11 - manifested John 5:18 - God was John 7:16 - but John 8:42 - If John 9:24 - Give John 10:30 - General John 11:4 - that John 17:21 - as John 20:28 - My Lord Acts 3:13 - hath Acts 10:36 - he is Acts 17:31 - he hath appointed Romans 14:9 - Lord 2 Corinthians 1:3 - the Father of our Philippians 2:6 - thought Philippians 2:11 - to the Colossians 2:2 - of the Father 1 Timothy 1:12 - I thank 1 Peter 1:21 - gave 1 Peter 4:5 - that 1 John 4:9 - God sent Revelation 1:6 - to him Revelation 3:21 - and am Revelation 7:11 - and worshipped Revelation 14:16 - he Revelation 21:23 - the Lamb

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That all men should honour the Son,.... This is the end of all judgment, and the exercise of all authority, and power being committed to him; namely, that he might have the honour given him by men that is due unto him:

even as they honour the Father; that the same honour and glory may be given to the one, as to the other, which must never have been done was he not equal with him, since he gives not his glory to another, Isaiah 42:8. Indeed, all men do not honour the Father as they should; the Gentiles, who had some knowledge of God, glorified him not as God; and the Jews, who had an external revelation of the one, true, and living God, which other nations had not, yet were greatly deficient in honouring him, which made him complaining say, "if then I be a father, where is mine honour?" Malachi 1:6. And Christians, who are favoured with a clearer revelation still of the Father of Christ, are much wanting in giving him his due glory; but in common he is honoured, though in an imperfect manner; nor is there so much danger of his losing his honour, as of the Son's losing his; the reason is this, though the Son is in the form of God, and equal with him, yet by taking upon him the form of a servant, by becoming man, he has veiled the glory of his divine person, and made himself of no reputation; and by reason of this was reckoned by many, or most, as a mere man: wherefore, by agreement, that judgment, power, and authority, which equally belonged to the Father, and the Son, the exercise of it is put visibly and openly into the Son's hands, that he might have his due honour and glory from all men, whether they will or not: from true believers in him he has it willingly, by their ascribing deity to him, by putting their trust in him, by attributing the whole of their salvation to him, and the glory of it, and by worshipping him: and he will be honoured by all men at the last day; they will be obliged to do it; for all judgment being committed to him, and he being Judge of all, every knee shall bow to him, and every tongue shall confess that he is Lord, to his own glory, and to the glory of God the Father; see

Isaiah 45:23.

He that honoureth not the Son; that denies his divine sonship, or his proper deity; that detracts from the dignity of his person or office; that shows no regard to him in point of salvation, or of obedience:

honoureth not the Father which hath sent him; they are so the same in nature and perfections, in power, will, affections, and operations; and their interests and honours are so involved together, that whatever dishonour is done to one, reflects on the other: and indeed, whatever is done in a way of disrespect to the Son, as incarnate, and in his office capacity, highly reflects on his Father, that sent him in the fulness of time, in human nature, to obtain eternal redemption for his people, according to a rule often expressed by the Jews, "a man's messenger is as himself";

Isaiah 45:23- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That all men should honour ... - To honor is to esteem, reverence, praise, do homage to. We honor one when we ascribe to him in our hearts, and words, and actions the praise and obedience which are due to him. We honor God when we obey him and worship him aright. We honor the Son when we esteem him to be as he is; when we have right views and feelings toward him. As he is declared to be God John 1:1, as he here says he has power and authority equal with God, so we honor him when we regard him as such. The primitive Christians are described by Pliny, in a letter to the Emperor Trajan, as meeting together to sing hymns to Christ “as God.” So we honor him aright when we regard him as possessed of wisdom, goodness, power, eternity, omniscience - equal with God.

Even as - To the same extent; in the same manner. Since the Son is to be honored even as the Father, it follows that he must be equal with the Father. To “honor the Father” must denote “religious” homage, or the rendering of that honor which is due to God; so to honor the Son must also denote “religious” homage. If our Saviour here did not intend to teach that he ought to be “worshipped,” and to be esteemed as “equal” with God, it would be difficult to teach it by any language which we could use.

He that honoureth not the Son - He that does not believe on him, and render to him the homage which is his due as the equal of God.

Honoureth not the Father - Does not worship and obey the Father the First Person of the Trinity - that is does not worship God. He may imagine that he worships God, but there is no God but the God subsisting as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He that withholds proper homage from one, withholds it from all. He that should refuse to honor “the Father,” could not be said to honor “God;” and in the like manner, he that honoreth not “the Son,” honoreth not “the Father.” This appears further from the following considerations:

1. The Father wills that the Son should be honored. He that refuses to do it disobeys the Father.
2. They are equal. He that denies the one denies also the other.
3. The same feeling that leads us to honor the “Father” will also lead us to honor the “Son,” for he is “the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person,” Hebrews 1:3.
4. The evidence of the existence of the Son is the same as that of the Father. He has the same wisdom, goodness, omnipresence, truth, power.

And from these verses we may learn:

1. That those who do not render proper homage to Jesus Christ do not worship the true God.

2. There is no such God as the infidel professes to believe in. There can be but one God; and if the God of the Bible be the true God, then all other gods are false gods.

3. Those who withhold proper homage from Jesus Christ, who do not honor him even as they honor the Father, cannot be Christians.

4. One evidence of piety is when We are willing to render proper praise and homage to Jesus Christ - to love him, and serve and obey him, with all our hearts.

5. “As a matter of fact,” it may be added that they who do not honor the Son do not worship God at all. The infidel has no form of worship; he has no place of secret prayer, no temple of worship, no family altar. Who ever yet heard of an infidel that prayed? Where do such men build houses of worship? Where do they meet to praise God? Nowhere. As certainly as we hear the name “infidel,” we are certain at once that we hear the name of a man who has no form of religion in his family, who never prays in secret, and who will do nothing to maintain the public worship of God. Account for it as men may, it is a fact that no one can dispute, that it is only they who do honor to the Lord Jesus that have any form of the worship of God, or that honor him; “and their veneration for God is just in proportion to their love for the Redeemer - just as they honor him.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. That all men should honour the Son, c.] If then the Son is to be honoured, EVEN AS the Father is honoured, then the Son must be God, as receiving that worship which belongs to God alone. To worship any creature is idolatry: Christ is to be honoured even as the Father is honoured therefore Christ is not a creature; and, if not a creature, consequently the Creator. See John 1:3.

He that honoureth not the Son — God will not receive that man's adoration who refuses to honour Jesus, even as he honours him. The Jews expected the Messiah as a great and powerful Prince; but they never thought of a person coming in that character enrobed with all the attributes of Godhead. To lead them off from this error, our Lord spoke the words recorded in these verses.