John 7:18

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym.

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  • John 5:41 : 41 I receaue not prayse of men.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God. 32 See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God. 33 Euen as I please all men in all thynges, not seking myne owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally, the same constrayne you to be circumcised, onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe. 13 For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe. 14 God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce, but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe, wherby the world is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.
  • Phil 2:3-5 : 3 Let nothyng be done through stryfe or vayne glorie, but in mekenesse of mynde euery man esteeme one ye other better then hym selfe. 4 Loke not euery man on his owne thynges, but euery man also on the thynges of others. 5 Let ye same mynde be in you, which was in Christe Iesus:
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If any man speake, let hym talke as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym, that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.
  • John 8:49-50 : 49 Iesus aunswered, I haue not the deuyll: but I honour my father, and ye haue dishonoured me. 50 I seke not myne owne praise, there is one that seketh, and iudgeth.
  • John 8:54 : 54 Iesus aunswered: Yf I honour my selfe, mine honour is nothing. It is my father that honoureth me, which ye say is your God:
  • John 11:4 : 4 When Iesus hearde that, he sayde, this infirmitie is not vnto death: but for the glory of God, that the sonne of God, myght be glorified therby.
  • John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorifie thy name. Then came there a voyce from heauen saying I haue both glorified it, and wyll glorifie it agayne.
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 Therfore, when he was gone out, Iesus sayd, Nowe is the sonne of man glorified: And God is glorified in hym. 32 Yf God be glorified in hym, God shall also glorifie hym in hym selfe, and shall strayghtway glorifie hym.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished ye worke, which thou gauest me to do. 5 And nowe glorifie thou me, O father, with thine owne selfe, with the glory which I had with thee yer the worlde was.
  • Exod 32:10-13 : 10 And nowe suffer me, that my wrath may waxe whot against them, and consume them: and I wyll make of thee a mightie people. 11 And Moyses besought the Lorde his God, and sayd: O Lord, why doth thy wrath waxe whot agaynst thy people whiche thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt with great power, and with a mightie hande? 12 Wherfore should the Egyptians speake and say: For a mischiefe dyd he bryng them out, euen for to slay them in the mountaynes, & to consume them from the face of the earth? Turne from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this euyll deuise agaynst thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isahac, and Israel thy seruauntes, to whom thou swarest by thy owne selfe, and saydest vnto them: I wyll multiplie your seede as the starres of heauen, and all this lande that I haue spoken of wyll I geue vnto your seede, and they shall inherite it for euer.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 And Moyses sayd vnto hym: Enuiest thou for my sake? woulde God that all the Lordes people could prophesie, and that the Lorde woulde put his spirite vpon them.
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After this maner therfore pray ye. O our father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • John 3:26-30 : 26 And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym. 27 Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen. 28 Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym. 29 He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled. 30 He must increace, but I must decreace.

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  • John 8:49-50
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    49Iesus aunswered, I haue not the deuyll: but I honour my father, and ye haue dishonoured me.

    50I seke not myne owne praise, there is one that seketh, and iudgeth.

  • John 5:43-44
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    43I am come in my fathers name, and ye receaue me not. Yf another come in his owne name, hym wyll ye receaue.

    44Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only?

  • John 8:54
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    54Iesus aunswered: Yf I honour my selfe, mine honour is nothing. It is my father that honoureth me, which ye say is your God:

  • John 7:16-17
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    16Iesus aunswered them, & sayde: My doctrine is not myne, but his yt sent me.

    17Yf any man wyll do his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.

  • John 7:4
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    4For there is no man that doeth any thyng in secrete, and he hym selfe seketh to be knowen openly. Yf thou do suche thynges, shewe thy selfe to the worlde.

  • John 5:30-32
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    30I can of mine owne selfe do nothing: As I heare I iudge, and my iudgemet is iuste, because I seke not myne owne wyll, but the wyll of the father whiche hath sent me.

    31Yf I shoulde beare witnesse of my selfe, my witnesse were not true.

    32There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I am sure that the witnesse which he beareth of me is true.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then cryed Iesus in the temple, as he taught, saying: Ye both knowe me, and whence I am, ye knowe. And I am not come of my selfe: but he that set me is true, whom ye knowe not.

    29But I knowe him, for I am of him, and he hath sent me.

  • John 5:41
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    41I receaue not prayse of men.

  • John 7:19
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    19Dyd not Moyses geue you a lawe, & yet none of you kepeth the lawe? Why go ye about to kyll me?

  • John 12:49
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    49For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the father which sent me, he gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I shoulde speake.

  • John 12:43-45
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    43For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.

    44Iesus cryed, and sayde: He that beleueth on me, beleueth not on me, but on hym that sent me.

    45And he that seeth me, seeth hym that sent me.

  • John 13:32
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    32Yf God be glorified in hym, God shall also glorifie hym in hym selfe, and shall strayghtway glorifie hym.

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    28Then saide Iesus vnto them: When ye haue lift vp an hye the sonne of man, then shall ye knowe that I am he, and that I do nothyng of my selfe: but as my father hath taught me, euen so I speake these thynges.

  • John 8:13-16
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    13The pharisees therfore said vnto him: Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe, thy recorde is not true.

    14Iesus aunswered, & saide vnto them: Though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true. For I knowe whence I came, & whyther I go: But ye can not tel whence I come, and whyther I go.

    15Ye iudge after the fleshe, I iudge no man.

    16And if I iudge, my iudgement is true: For I am not alone, but I and the father that sent me.

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    18I am one that beareth witnesse of my selfe, & the father that sent me beareth witnesse of me.

  • 2 Cor 10:17-18
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    17But let hym that glorieth, glorie in the Lorde.

    18For he that prayseth hymselfe, is not alowed, but whom the Lorde prayseth.

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    34For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the wordes of God: For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym.

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    23Because that all men shoulde honour the sonne, euen as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not ye father which hath sent hym.

  • John 5:36-38
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    36But I haue greater witnesse, then the witnesse of Iohn: For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe, the same workes that I do, beare witnesse of me, that the father hath sent me.

    37And the father hymselfe which hath sent me, hath borne witnesse of me. Ye haue not hearde his voyce at any tyme, nor seene his shape,

    38His worde haue ye not abydyng in you: For who he hath set, him ye beleue not.

  • John 6:38
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    38For I came downe from heauen, not to do that I wyll: but that he wyll, which hath sent me.

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    16Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: The seruaunt is not greater the his maister, neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym.

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    19Then aunswered Iesus, & sayde vnto them: Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, the sonne can do nothyng of hym selfe, but that he seeth ye father do: For whatsoeuer he doeth, that doeth the sonne also.

  • John 3:31
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    31He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all:

  • John 13:20
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    20Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, he that receaueth whomsoeuer I sende, receaueth me: And he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me.

  • John 8:38
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    38I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father: and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father.

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    42Iesus saide vnto them: Yf God were your father, truely ye woulde loue me: For I proceaded foorth, and came from God: neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

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    4But let euery man proue his owne worke, & then shall he haue reioyceyng only in his owne selfe, and not in another.

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    27As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable.

  • John 12:28
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    28Father, glorifie thy name. Then came there a voyce from heauen saying I haue both glorified it, and wyll glorifie it agayne.

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    24Iudge not after the vtter appearaunce, but iudge with a ryghteous iudgement.

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    17A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

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    40But now ye go about to kyll me, a ma that hath tolde you the trueth, which I haue heard of god: this did not Abraha.

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