John 7:18

World English Bible (2000)

He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

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  • John 5:41 : 41 I don't receive glory from men.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God; 33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • Phil 2:3-5 : 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; 4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • John 8:49-50 : 49 Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
  • John 8:54 : 54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
  • John 11:4 : 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
  • John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 32 If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. 5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
  • Exod 32:10-13 : 10 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation." 11 Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
  • Num 11:29 : 29 Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!"
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
  • John 3:26-30 : 26 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him." 27 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.' 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices 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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    49 Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

    50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

  • John 5:43-44
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    43 I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

    44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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    54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

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

    17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

  • John 7:4
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    4 For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."

  • John 5:30-32
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    30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

    31 "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

    32 It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

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

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    41 I don't receive glory from men.

  • John 7:19
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    19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

  • John 12:49
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    49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

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    43 for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.

    44 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.

    45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.

  • John 13:32
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    32 If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.

  • John 8:28
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    28 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

  • John 8:13-16
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    13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."

    14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

    15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

    16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

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

  • John 8:18
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    18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

  • 2 Cor 10:17-18
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    17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

    18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

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    34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

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    23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

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    36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

    37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

    38 You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.

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    38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

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    16 Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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    19 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

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    31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

  • John 13:20
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    20 Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."

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    38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

  • John 8:42
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    42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.

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    4 But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

  • John 17:1
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    1 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

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    27 It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

  • John 12:28
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    28 Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

  • John 7:24
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    24 Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

  • Prov 12:17
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    17 He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

  • John 8:46
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    46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

  • John 8:40
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    40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.

  • John 7:36
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    36 What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"