John 5:22
New International Version
Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,

New Living Translation
In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,

English Standard Version
For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

Berean Standard Bible
Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

Berean Literal Bible
For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

King James Bible
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

New King James Version
For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,

New American Standard Bible
For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

NASB 1995
“For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

NASB 1977
“For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

Legacy Standard Bible
For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

Amplified Bible
For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment [that is, the prerogative of judging] to the Son [placing it entirely into His hands],

Christian Standard Bible
The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,

American Standard Version
For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For it is not The Father who judges a man, but he has given all judgment to The Son.

Contemporary English Version
The Father doesn't judge anyone, but he has made his Son the judge of everyone.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For neither doth the Father judge any man, but hath given all judgment to the Son.

English Revised Version
For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The Father doesn't judge anyone. He has entrusted judgment entirely to the Son

Good News Translation
Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

International Standard Version
The Father judges no one, but has given all authority to judge to the Son,

Literal Standard Version
for neither does the Father judge anyone, but all the judgment He has given to the Son,

Majority Standard Bible
Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

New American Bible
Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to his Son,

NET Bible
Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

New Revised Standard Version
The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,

New Heart English Bible
For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

Webster's Bible Translation
For the Father judgeth no man; but hath committed all judgment to the Son:

Weymouth New Testament
The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,

World English Bible
For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

Young's Literal Translation
for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given to the Son,

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Context
The Father and the Son
21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes. 22Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, 23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.…

Cross References
John 5:27
And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

John 9:39
Then Jesus declared, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind."

Acts 10:42
And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

Acts 17:31
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead."


Treasury of Scripture

For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son:

John 5:27
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

John 3:35
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

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John 5
1. Jesus on the Sabbath day cures him who was diseased thirty-eight years.
10. The Jews therefore object, and persecute him for it.
17. He answers for himself, and reproves them, showing by the testimony of his Father,
31. of John,
36. of his works,
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(22) For the Father judgeth no man.--Better, For not even doth the Father judge any man; and if not the Father, to whom judgment belongs, then none other but the Son to whom He hath committed all judgment. To judge (comp. John 5:29) is the opposite of to quicken in the previous verse. The fact that the Son hath power to judge is correlative with His power to quicken whom He will. The spiritual life given to, and received by, some (John 5:24), is a separation from, and a judgment of, others. The eternal life which shall be given to some, shall be the eternal separation from, and exclusion of, others. The reason why judgment is committed to the Son is given in John 5:27 as resulting from His humanity. It is stated here as resulting from His divinity. It is that this power, like the quickening power of John 5:21, should lead all to give to the Son honour equal to that which they render to the Father. Again, this relation is urged against those who professed to honour God, and as a proof of it were seeking to kill His Son. That Sonship, expressing at once subordination and unity, necessarily involved the Fatherhood. To reject Him was to reject the Father who sent Him. (Comp. John 5:24; John 5:30; John 5:36-37.) . . . Verse 22. - That οὕς θέλει is the point of connection with what follows, and that the Son quickeneth whom he willeth, is more clear, seeing that (γὰρ) the Father even judges no man; judges no man apart from the Son. "Pater non judicat solus nec sine filio, judicat tamen (ver. 45; Acts 17:31; Romans 3:6)" (Bengel). The word κρίνει does not mean exclusively either "condemn" or "acquit," but the exercise of judicial functions which will either acquit or condemn. As in John 3:17, the "condemnation" is rather inferred than asserted. Moreover, we are there told that the Son was not sent into the world for the purpose of judgment, but for the larger purposes of salvation, and "to give eternal life." Nevertheless, "life" to some is judgment to others, and judgment even unto death is the obverse of the gift of life when the conditions of life are not found, in John 1:39 Christ declares that one solemn consequence of his coming was εἰς κρίμα, "unto judgment" - to reveal the final decisions of the Judge. How, then, shall we reconcile these apparently incongruous statements? Judgment unquestionably results from the rejection of the proffer of mercy. The judgment rests on those who say, "We see." Their sin remaineth. Those who are not willing to be made whole remain unhealed. Those who love darkness rather than light abide in the darkness. This is the judgment, but this judicial process was (not the end, but) the consequence of his mission. The Father's ordinary providence, which is always passing judgment upon the lives of men, is now placed in the hands of "the Son." Howbeit he hath given the whole judgment - i.e. the judgment in all its parts - to the Son. He has made the entire juridical process which brings to light the essential tendencies of human hearts, issue from the reception given by man to the Son. The whole question of right against wrong, of life versus death, acquittal against condemnation, is determined by the attitude of men towards the Son. In many passages this plenipotentiary endowment of "the Son" with functions, powers, authorities, is expressed by this same word (δέδωκε), "he hath given" (ver. 36; John 3:35; John 6:37, 39; John 10:29; John 17:2, 4). Meyer limits the meaning of κρίνει to "condemnation," and Slier includes in it the separation of sin from the life of believers; but surely the judgment of the world is effected by the light that shines upon it, and the essence of the judgment (κρίσις) is the discrimination which infailibly follows the revelation of the Father through the Son.

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Greek
Furthermore,
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father
Πατὴρ (Patēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

judges
κρίνει (krinei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2919: Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.

no one,
οὐδένα (oudena)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3762: No one, none, nothing.

but
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

has assigned
δέδωκεν (dedōken)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

all
πᾶσαν (pasan)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

judgment
κρίσιν (krisin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2920: Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice.

to the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Son,
Υἱῷ (Huiō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.


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