What Does John 5:23 Mean in the King James?
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.
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
The verse makes honor indivisible: the regard given to the Son reaches the Father who sends him.
THE MEANING
Your regard for the Son reaches the Father who sends him; both receive the same honor. Refusing the Son does not leave your honoring of the Father intact.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that you can honor the Father while withholding honor from the Son.
THE ROOT
τιμῶσι
timōsi
GROWS FROM
τιμ-
tim-
To value, esteem, or treat as precious.
“honour” in this verse is timōsi. The verb is more than a respectful title or outward courtesy: its word family names value and preciousness, the worth you assign in practice. The same word is used for the Son and the Father, holding their honor to one shared measure.
ALSO GROWS
timē: Value, worth, price, or honor.
τιμή
Its sense of value shows that honoring the Son means recognizing his worth, not merely using a respectful form of address.
timios: Precious, valuable, or honored.
τίμιος
This branch connects honor with what is treated as precious, deepening the verse’s claim that the Son receives the Father’s measure of regard.
THE PATTERN
A response to the one who bears another’s authority reaches the one behind them.
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.THE THREAD
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.The same Greek verb family for honor appears as Jesus says he honors the Father and those before him dishonor him. That shared word exposes the verse’s logic: regard for the Father and the Son cannot be split into separate compartments.
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