John 5:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'So that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα πάντες τιμῶσιν τὸν Υἱόν, καθὼς τιμῶσιν τὸν Πατέρα. Ὁ μὴ τιμῶν τὸν Υἱόν οὐ τιμᾷ τὸν Πατέρα τὸν πέμψαντα αὐτόν.

Transliteration

So that all timōsin the Huion, just as timōsin the Patera. The one not timōn the Huion not tima the Patera the pempsanta him.

Grammar Details

• *Hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *pantes*: adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - all
• *timōsin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural of *timaō* - they honor
• *Huion*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *kathōs*: comparative conjunction - just as/even as
• *Patera*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - Father
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *timōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - honoring
• *tima*: present active indicative, 3rd singular of *timaō* - honors
• *pempsanta*: aorist active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - having sent

Word Meanings

• *timōsin*: may honor/may revere/may respect
• *timōn*: honoring/revering/respecting
• *pempsanta*: having sent/who sent

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  that{G2443} all{G3956} may honor{G5091} the Son,{G5207} even as{G2531} they honor{G5091} the Father.{G3962} He that honoreth{G5091} not{G3361} the Son{G5207} honoreth{G5091} not{G3756} the Father{G3962} that sent{G3992} him.{G846}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That{G2443} all{G3956} men should honour{G5091}{(G5725)} the Son{G5207}, even as{G2531} they honour{G5091}{(G5719)} the Father{G3962}. He that honoureth{G5091}{(G5723)} not{G3361} the Son{G5207} honoureth{G5091}{(G5719)} not{G3756} the Father{G3962} which{G3588} hath sent{G3992}{(G5660)} him{G846}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  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.

• 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:23 : 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
• John 15:23-24 : 23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father. 24 If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these works, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
• Luke 10:16 : 16 Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Amen.
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by His grace, 17 comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.
• 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
• 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
• 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let them be accursed. Our Lord, come!
• 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
• Rom 6:22 : 22 But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.
• Rom 8:9 : 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.
• Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this reason Christ died, returned to life, and rose again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Rom 15:12 : 12 And again, Isaiah says: 'The root of Jesse will come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will hope.'
• 1 Cor 1:3 : 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
• Titus 2:13-14 : 13 while we await the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
• Heb 1:6 : 6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says, 'Let all God's angels worship Him.'
• 1 Thess 3:11-13 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. 12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you. 13 So that He may strengthen your hearts to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
• Luke 12:8-9 : 8 I tell you, anyone who acknowledges Me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. 9 But whoever denies Me before others will be denied before the angels of God.
• John 14:1 : 1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
• John 16:14 : 14 He will glorify me because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
• John 17:10 : 10 All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine. And I have been glorified in them.
• Isa 43:10-11 : 10 'You are My witnesses,' declares the LORD, 'and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me.' 11 I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from Me there is no Savior.
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
• Jer 17:5-7 : 5 This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes. 7 Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout aloud, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• Matt 10:37 : 37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been committed 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.
• Matt 12:21 : 21 In His name the nations will put their hope.
• Matt 22:37-38 : 37 Jesus replied, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Anyone who goes beyond and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
• Rev 5:8-9 : 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them was holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation." 10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth. 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands. 12 In a loud voice they said: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing!" 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, and on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing, honor, glory, and power forever and ever!" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the one who lives forever and ever.
• Eph 1:12-13 : 12 so that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 'Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,'
• Isa 44:6 : 6 This is what the LORD, the King of Israel and His Redeemer, the LORD of Hosts, says: 'I am the first, and I am the last; apart from Me, there is no God.'
• Isa 45:15 : 15 Truly, you are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your way, for His wrath can flare up quickly. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
• Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation. 4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.
• Isa 42:8 : 8 I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all who are in Rome, beloved by God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith of equal value with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
• 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
• 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.