John 7:18

Coverdale Bible (1535)

He that speaketh of himself, seketh his awne prayse: but he that seketh the prayse of him that sent him, the same is true, & there is no vnrighteousnes in him.

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  • John 5:41 : 41 I receaue not prayse of men.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Therfore whether ye eate or drynke, or what so euer ye do, do all to ye prayse of God. 32 Be not ye an occasion of fallinge, nether to the Iewes, ner to the Gentyles, ner to the congregacion of God, 33 eue as I also please all men in all thinges, not sekinge myne awne profit, but the profit of many, that they mighte be saued. Folowe ye me, as I do Christ.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 They that wil please in the flesh, constrayne you to be circumcysed, onely lest they shulde be persecuted with the crosse of Christ. 13 For eue they them selues which are circumcysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh. 14 But God forbyd that I shulde reioyse, saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.
  • Phil 2:3-5 : 3 that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe: 4 and let euery ma loke not for his awne profet, but for the profet of other. 5 Let the same mynde be in you, that was in Christ Iesu:
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 nether soughte we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ,
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 Yf eny ma speake, let hi speake it as ye wordes of God. Yf eny man haue an office, let him execute it as out of the power yt God mynistreth vnto hi, yt God maye be praysed in all thinges thorow Iesus Christ, To who be honor and domynion for euer and euer Amen.
  • John 8:49-50 : 49 Iesus answered: I haue no deuell, but I honoure my father, and ye haue dishonoured me. 50 I seke not myne awne prayse, but there is one that seketh it, and iudgeth.
  • John 8:54 : 54 Iesus answered: Yf I prayse myself, then is my prayse nothinge. But it is my father that prayseth me, which ye saye is youre God,
  • John 11:4 : 4 Wha Iesus herde that, he sayde: This sicknesse is not vnto death, but for the prayse of God, yt the sonne of God maye be praysed there thorow.
  • John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorifye thy name. Then came there a voyce from heauen: I haue glorified it, and wyl glorifye it agayne.
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 Whan he was gone forth, Iesus sayde: Now is the sonne of ma glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 Yf God be glorified in him, the shal god glorifie him also in hiself, & straight waye shal he glorifye him.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I haue glorified ye vpo earth, & fynished ye worke, yt thou gauest me to do. 5 And now glorifye me thou father by thine awne self, with ye glory which I had or euer the worlde was.
  • Exod 32:10-13 : 10 and now suffre me, that my wrath maye waxe whote ouer them, & that I maye consume them, so wil I make a greate people of the. 11 But Moses be sought the LORDE his God, & sayde: Oh LORDE, wherfore wil thy wrath waxe whote ouer thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the lode of Egipte wt greate power & a mightie hade? 12 Wherfore shulde the Egipcians speake, & saye: He hath brought the for their myschefe, to slaye them in the mountaynes, and to destroye the vtterly from the earth? O turne the from the fearcenesse of yi wrath, & be gracious ouer the wickednesse of thy people. 13 Remembre thy seruautes Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, vnto who thou swarest by thyne owne self, and saydest: I wil multiplye youre sede as the starres of heauen, and all the londe that I haue promysed you, wil I geue vnto youre sede, & they shall inheret it for euer.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 But Moses sayde vnto him: Art thou gelous for my sake? wolde God, yt all the people of ye LORDE coulde prophecie, and that ye LORDE wolde geue them his sprete.
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony, euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges, it shal be to heuy for him.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After thys maner therfore shall ye praye:O oure father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • John 3:26-30 : 26 and they came vnto Ihon, and sayde vnto him: Master, he yt was with the beyonde Iordan, of whom thou barest wytnesse, beholde, he baptyseth, and euery man cometh vnto him. 27 Ihon answered and sayde: A man can receaue nothinge, excepte it be geuen him from heaue. 28 Ye youreselues are my witnesses, how that I sayde, I am not Christ, but am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bryde, is the brydegrome: but the frende of the brydegrome stondeth, and herkeneth vnto him, and reioyseth greatly ouer the voyce of the brydegrome, this same ioye of myne is now fulfilled. 30 He must increace, but I must decreace.

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    49 Iesus answered: I haue no deuell, but I honoure my father, and ye haue dishonoured me.

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