John 7:18

American Standard Version (1901)

He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

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  • John 5:41 : 41 I receive not glory from men.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no occasions of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God: 33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of the many, that they may be saved.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
  • Phil 2:3-5 : 3 [ doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; 4 not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5 Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 if any man speaketh, [speaking] as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, [ministering] as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
  • John 8:49-50 : 49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. 50 But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
  • John 8:54 : 54 Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;
  • John 11:4 : 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
  • John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him; 32 and God shall glorify him in himself, and straightway shall he glorify him.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
  • Exod 32:10-13 : 10 now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them!
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
  • John 3:26-30 : 26 And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

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    49Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.

    50But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

  • John 5:43-44
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    43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

    44How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that [cometh] from the only God ye seek not?

  • John 8:54
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    54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;

  • John 7:16-17
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    16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

    17If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.

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    4For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

  • John 5:30-32
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    30I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

    31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

    32It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

    29I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.

  • John 5:41
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    41I receive not glory from men.

  • John 7:19
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    19Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?

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    49For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

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    43for they loved the glory [that is] of men more than the glory [that is] of God.

    44And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

    45And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me.

  • John 13:32
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    32and God shall glorify him in himself, and straightway shall he glorify him.

  • John 8:28
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    28Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things. [

  • John 8:13-16
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    13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

    14Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

    15Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

    16Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

  • John 8:26
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    26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

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    18I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

  • 2 Cor 10:17-18
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    17But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

    18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

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    34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.

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    36But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

    37And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

    38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

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    38For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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    16Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

  • John 5:19
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    19Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.

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    31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

  • John 13:20
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    20Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

  • John 8:38
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    38I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father.

  • John 8:42
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    42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

  • John 17:1
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  • Prov 25:27
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    27It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.

  • John 12:28
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    28Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

  • John 7:24
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    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

  • Prov 12:17
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    17He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

  • John 8:46
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    46Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?

  • John 8:40
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    40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

  • John 7:36
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    36What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?