John 13:32
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If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
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If God be glorified in him, God shall also--in return and reward of this highest of all services ever rendered to Him, or capable of being rendered. glorify him in himself, and . . . straightway glorify him--referring now to the Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ after this service was over, including all the honor and glory then put upon Him, and that will for ever encircle Him as Head of the new creation.
Open source ↗Our Saviour having finished his public discourses, in which he "endured the contradiction of sinners," now applies himself to a private conversation with his friends, in which he designed the consolation of saints. Henceforward we have an account of what passed between him and his disciples, who were to be entrusted with the affairs of his household, when he was gone into a far country; the necessary instructions and comforts he furnished them with. His hour being at hand, he applies himself to set his house in order. In this chapter I. He washes his disciples' feet (v. 1-17). II. He foretels who should betray him (Joh 13:18-30). III. He instructs them in the great doctrine of his own death, and the great duty of brotherly love (Joh 13:31-35). IV. He foretels Peter's denying him (Joh 13:36-38).
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Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.