John 13:32 (WEB)

Passage

If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.

Nearby Context

John 13:30 Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.

John 13:31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

John 13:32 If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.

John 13:33 Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.

John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "glorified", "been", "glorify", "himself", and "immediately". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "glorified" and "been", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "When he had gone out Jesus said..." into verse 33's "Little children I will be with you...", so "glorified" and "been" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "glorified" and "been" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.