John 5:41
“I do not accept praise from people,
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- 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,
- John 5:34 : 34 (I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)
- John 7:18 : 18 The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
- John 8:50 : 50 I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.
- John 8:54 : 54 Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’
- John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
- John 6:15 : 15 Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.
- 1 Pet 2:21 : 21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.
- 2 Pet 1:17 : 17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory:“This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.”
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- John 5:42-443 verses83%
42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
44 How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
- John 8:49-502 verses78%
49 Jesus answered,“I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father– and yet you dishonor me.
50 I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.
- John 8:54-552 verses78%
54 Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’
55 Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.
- John 5:38-403 verses76%
38 nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.
39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
40 but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
- John 5:34-363 verses75%
34 (I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)
35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.
36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.
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43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
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23 so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
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18 The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
- John 5:30-312 verses73%
30 I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
31 More Testimony About Jesus“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.
- John 8:14-152 verses72%
14 Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.
15 You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone.
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38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
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44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
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40 Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
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42 Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.
- John 17:4-52 verses69%
4 I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
5 And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.
- John 3:27-282 verses69%
27 John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 You yourselves can testify that I said,‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather,‘I have been sent before him.’
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1 Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
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28 Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.
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21 I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man.
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11 He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
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6 nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,
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23 Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.
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16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
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37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.
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32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
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16 So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.
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32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.
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29 so that no one can boast in his presence.
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48 The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.
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7 Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory.
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20 I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
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41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.
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30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,
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28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven,“I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
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11 Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
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18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”
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33 But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.
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28 Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,