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John's verse can essentially be read as it is:
All men should honour the Son-of-God (Messiah), even as they honour the Father, because, if someone who does not honour whom God has sent, he disrespects God, His Word, His Teachings.
see also John 7:16-18
βMy teaching is not My own,β Jesus replied. βIt comes from Him who sent Me. If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own. He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
(Berean Standard)