Juan 12:26

26 El que me sirve, sígame; y donde yo estuviere, allí también estará mi servidor. Al que me sirviere, mi Padre le honrará

Juan 12:26 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:26

If any man serve, me
Or is willing to be a servant of Christ, and to be esteemed as such;

let him follow me;
as in the exercise of the graces of love, humility, patience, self-denial, and resignation of will to the will of God, and in the discharge of every duty, walking as he walked, so in a way of suffering; for as the master, so the servants, as the head, so the members, through many tribulations, must enter the kingdom; to which he encourages by the following things:

and where I am;
in heaven, as he now was, as the Son of God; or "where I shall be", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it, even as man, in the human nature, when raised from the dead:

there shall also my servant be;
when he has done his work, and the place is prepared for him, and he for that, and where he shall ever abide; and as a further encouragement, he adds,

if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour;
by accepting his service, affording him his gracious presence here, and by giving him eternal glory hereafter, to which he has called him.

Juan 12:26 In-Context

24 De cierto, de cierto os digo, que si el grano que cae en la tierra, no muriere, él solo queda; mas si muriere, mucho fruto lleva

25 El que ama su vida, la perderá; y el que aborrece su vida en este mundo, para vida eterna la guardará

26 El que me sirve, sígame; y donde yo estuviere, allí también estará mi servidor. Al que me sirviere, mi Padre le honrará

27 Ahora está turbada mi alma; ¿y qué diré? Padre, sálvame de esta hora; mas por esto he venido en esta hora

28 Padre, clarifica tu Nombre. Entonces vino una voz del cielo: Y lo he clarificado, y lo clarificaré otra vez