5:19-29. The authority of the Son

 

Jesus explicitly assets his divine Sonship and his complete union with the Father. His union with God the Father is shown in complete obedience (5: 19). The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing, so that the Son shares the Father's work. To the Son is entrusted the power to raise the dead and give them life. The judgement of the world is entrusted to the Son. Honour shown to the Son is honour shown to the Father. The Son gives eternal life not only to those living in the world but will give it to those who have died. The resurrection of all believers at the end of the present age, the subject of 1 Corinthians 15, is referred to in 5:28-29.