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The Gospel According to John (American Standard Version, 1901) · 8 of 37 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

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[5:14] Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee. [5:15] The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. [5:16] And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. [5:17] But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. [5:18] For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. [5:19] Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner. [5:20] For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel. [5:21] For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. [5:22] For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; [5:23] that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him. [5:24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. [5:25] Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. [5:26] For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: [5:27] and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. [5:28] Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, [5:29] and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. [5:30] I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. [5:31] If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. [5:32] It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. [5:33] Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. [5:34] But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. [5:35] He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light. [5:36] But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
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Themes
Correspondencecosmology

The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

The Son's actions mirror the Father's in exact correspondence ('what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner'), establishing a structural parallel between the two divine levels.

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Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

The passage centrally declares that all judgment has been given to the Son, that the dead will hear his voice and come forth to either the resurrection of life or the resurrection of judgment, and that his judgment is righteous.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The Father is explicitly described as actively working even now ('My Father worketh even until now, and I work'), presenting the divine as a dynamic, present, and ongoing agent rather than an abstract principle.

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Logoscosmology

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

The Son is presented as the active expression and agent of the Father—doing what the Father does, giving life, and executing judgment—functioning as the mediating principle between the transcendent Father and the world.

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