Having spoken lofty things about Christ, he now again proclaims humble things, in order to make the word easily acceptable to the listeners. Therefore he says "The Father loves the Son," as if speaking about some extraordinary man, and has given all things into the hands of the Son — according to His humanity. And if according to His divinity, then what of it? The Father gave all things to the Son by nature, and not by grace. Since He has His being from the Father, it is naturally said that He also has all things from the Father. Thus, the Son has all things, both what is in heaven and what is on earth. For He rules over all, even though not all desire it.
Subsequently, when at the second coming every knee shall bow before Him, He will receive full dominion over all, when evil will no longer have power, but, remaining inactive, will show that the nature of good from the beginning is inherent in all and contains all.
Jn. 3:36. He who believes in the Son has eternal life,
"He who believes in the Son has eternal life" in himself, that is, Christ Himself, who is truly the life (John 14:6); for in Him we live and move (Acts 17:28).
but he who does not believe in the Son shall not see life,
For whoever has voluntarily departed from life, how will he have it, when life is Christ? For the apostle Paul also says: when Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then you also, having become dead to evil and unmoved by it, shall appear in glory (Col. 3:4).
But the wrath of God abides on him.
He did not say "will leave him," but "remains on him," showing that it will never depart from him. Lest you, having heard of death, take it as temporary, he says that it will abide on him, on the one who did not believe, and the punishment will be eternal. With all these words the Baptist leads and urges all his listeners to faith in Christ. For he does not say this without purpose, but instructs both his own disciples and all the rest to no longer envy Christ, but to heed Him as God.