John 5:41

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“I do not accept praise from people,

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Referenced Verses

  • 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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    42but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

    43I 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.

    44How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?

  • John 8:49-50
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    49Jesus answered,“I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father– and yet you dishonor me.

    50I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

  • John 8:54-55
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    54Jesus 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.’

    55Yet 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 5:38-40
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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

    40but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

  • John 5:34-36
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    34(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

    35He 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.

  • John 12:43
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    43For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

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    23so 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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    18The 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.

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    30I 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.

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    14Jesus 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.

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    38For 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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    42Jesus 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.

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    4I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

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    27John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

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    21I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man.

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  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

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    23Jesus 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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    37If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

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    32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

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    16So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

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    32If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.

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    29so that no one can boast in his presence.

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    48The 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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    20I 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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    30I 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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    28Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven,“I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

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    33But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

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