What Does John 13:32 Mean in the King James?
If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
God’s weight is revealed through him, then given to him from within God.
THE MEANING
God’s weight becomes visible in him, and God gives him that weight from within God’s own being, at once. What is revealed through him is also bestowed on him; the verse holds manifestation and receiving together.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that glory is public acclaim or self-made status: the verse locates the weight in God’s action, within God.
THE ROOT
δοξάζω
doxazō
GROWS FROM
δοξ-
dox-
To glorify or honor; its related noun δόξα (doxa) carries the sense of weight, honor, or glory.
“glorified” in this verse is doxazō. The three uses of δοξάζω (doxazō, to glorify or honor) trace one movement: God’s weight is seen in him, bestowed on him within God, and bestowed again. The repetition holds revelation and receiving together, beyond the sense of a compliment or applause.
ALSO GROWS
doxa: Weight, honor, glory
δόξα
The related noun brings the sense of weight into the repeated act of glorifying.
endoxos: Honored, glorious, held in esteem
ἔνδοξος
This related form shows honor as something a person can bear, illuminating how weight is bestowed on him.
THE PATTERN
God’s weight becomes visible through the one who receives it, and that person’s honor makes God visible.
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.THE THREAD
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:The same Greek root, δοξάζω (doxazō, to glorify or honor), makes the exchange explicit: the Father glorifies the Son, and the Son glorifies the Father. It opens John 13:32 as a relationship of revealed and received weight.
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