John 5:23 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 44
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.9Book VIII
“But if the same question is put to us in regard to the worship of Jesus, we will show that the right to be honoured was given to Him by God, “that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.”” — editor's note: John v. 23.
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Gregory of Nyssa
““That all,” says the evangelist, “may honour the Son, as they honour the Father.”” — editor's note: John v. 23.
Read the whole comment“…Father not superabounding in the Son, the Son not being deficient in the Father,—and Who says also that the Son should be honoured as the Father is honoured, and “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father,” and “no man knoweth the Father save the Son,” in all which passages there is no hint given to those who…” — editor's note: Cf. S. John v. 23
Read the whole comment“Basil is slandered as dishonouring the Son, who honours Him even as he honours the Father, and Eunomius is the champion of the Only-begotten, who severs Him from the good nature of the Father!” — editor's note: Cf. S. John v. 23
Read the whole comment“For if he that honoureth the Son honoureth the Father, according to the Divine declaration, it is plain on the other side that an assault upon the Son strikes at the Father.” — editor's note: Cf. S. John v. 23
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Tertullian
“For as the Father hath eternal life in Himself, so also hath He given to the Son to have eternal life in Himself; and He hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of man”—that is, according to the flesh, even as He is also the Son of God through His Spirit.” — editor's note: John v. 19–27.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…for the dishonour of the Son, not having read that he who honoureth the Son honoureth the Father, and he who dishonoureth the Son, dishonoureth the Father.” — editor's note: John v. 23.
Read the whole comment- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.2Discourse III
“…own will, but the will of Him that sent Me;’ and teaching the disciples, ‘My Father is greater than I,’ and ‘He that honoureth Me, honoureth Him that sent Me;’ if the Son is such towards His own Father, what is the difficulty, that one must need take such a view of such passages? and on the other hand, if the Son is…” — editor's note: John v. 23, cf. xiii. 20.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For as the Father hath life in Himself, so also hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself; and, that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father; and, as the Father quickeneth whom He will, even so the Son quickeneth whom He will.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 23.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Love, then, Him Whom the Father loves, honour Him Whom the Father honours, for “he that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father,” and “whoso denieth the Son, hath not the Father.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 23.
Read the whole comment“Let us honour the Son, that we may honour the Father also, as it is written in the Gospel.” — editor's note: S. John v. 23.
Read the whole comment“The Father loves the Son, and you anxiously examine His Person; the Father is well pleased in Him, you, joining the Jews, look upon Him with an evil eye; the Father knows the Son, and you join the heathen in reviling Him.” — editor's note: S. John v. 22, 23; iii. 35; xvii. 1, 2, 5.
Read the whole comment“Since all honour the Son as they honour the Father, it is certain that the Son is not, in so far as being sent, inferior.” — editor's note: S. John v. 23.
Read the whole comment“He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father, Who hath sent Him.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 23.
Read the whole comment“The Father gave all judgment to the Son, “that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 23.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“It is on this account that ‘he who honoureth the Son, honoureth the Father.’” — editor's note: John v. 23
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Augustine of Hippo
“Because, “he that hath known Me, hath known the Father also:” because no one hath reviled Christ without reviling God: because no one honoureth the Father, except he that honoureth the Son also.” — editor's note: John v. 23.
Read the whole comment“…His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”” — editor's note: John v. 22–29
Read the whole comment“…you, He that heareth my word and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death to life.”” — editor's note: John v. 22–24.
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John Chrysostom
““That all men” (He says) “should honor the Son even as they honor the Father.” ( John v. 23.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And, “That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.” ( v. 23.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“It is “He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father.” ( John v. 23.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“John v. 23, 24” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…uttereth words unsuited to Him, much more should He then have done so; but now, His saying, “That they should honor the Son even as they honor the Father” ( c. v. 23 ); His saying, “The works which He doeth, I do also” ( c. v. 19 ); His saying that He is “the Resurrection, and the Life, and the Light of the world”…” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“…seen me hath seen the Father;” and again, “When the Son cometh in the glory of his Father;” that they “should honour the Son even as they honour the Father;” and, “We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father;” and “the only begotten God which is in the bosom of the Father.”” — editor's note: John v. 23.
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John Cassian
““For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son, that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 22, 23.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“So would they, in obedience to the words of the Lord, He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent Him, be setting themselves to honour the Father, through honour paid to the Son.” — editor's note: St. John v. 23.
Read the whole comment“He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which sent Him.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 23.
Read the whole comment“Take another instance, He hath given all judgment unto the Son, that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 22, 23.
Read the whole comment“He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father Who sent Him.” — editor's note: St. John v. 23.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…“My God and your God,” or greater, or created, or made, or sanctified; Add, if you like, Servant and Obedient and Gave and Learnt, and was commanded, was sent, can do nothing of Himself, either say, or judge, or give, or will.” — editor's note: Ib. iv. 34; v. 23, sq.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who hath sent Him.”” — editor's note: John v. 22, 23.
Read the whole comment“He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who hath sent Him.”” — editor's note: John v. 22, 23.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Having said that the Father would shew the Son greater works than these, He proceeds to describe these greater works: For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom He…
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For to will is the free power of a nature, which by the act of choice, resteth in the blessedness of perfect excellence.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
But who are these dead, whom the Father and Son raise to life? He alludes to the general resurrection which is to be; not to the resurrection of those few, who were raised to life, that the rest might believe; as…
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For this, viz. that the Father hath given all judgment unto the Son, does not mean that He begat the Son with this attribute, as is meant in the words, So hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself. For if so,…
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Having said that the Son quickeneth whom He will, in order that we might not lose sight of the nativity, and think that He stood upon the ground of His own unborn power, He immediately adds, For the Father judgeth no…
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As He gave Him life, i. e. begot Him living; so He gave Him judgment, i. e. begot Him a judge. Gave, it is said, that thou mayest not think Him unbegotten, and imagine two Fathers: All judgment, because He has the…
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All judgment is given to Him, because He quickens whom He will. Nor can the judgment be looked on as taken away from the Father, inasmuch as the cause of His not judging is, that the judgment of the Son is His. For…
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For, lest you should infer from hearing that the Author of His power was the Father, any difference of substance, or inequality of honour, He connects the honour of the Son with the honour of the Father, shewing that…
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First indeed, the Son appeared as a servant, and the Father was honoured as God. But the Son will be seen to be equal to the Father, that all men may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. 1But what if…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
It is not, however, as being born of the Father, that the Son is said to be sent, but from His appearing in this world, as the Word made flesh; as He says, I went forth from the Father, and am come into the world:…
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The conclusion then stands good against all the fury of heretical minds. He is the Son, because He does nothing of Himself: He is God, because, whatsoever things the Father doeth, He doeth the same; They are one,…
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Cross-references · 26
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14.
Cited together in Against Eunomius XII.3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.9.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.9.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.7.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.7.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.23 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.9.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.8.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.10.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.10.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14.
Cited together in Against the Arians III.2.
Cited together in Against the Arians III.2.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.23.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.23.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.9.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.34.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins III.1 and 1 other place.