Verse 18

`He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;

Referenced Verses

  • John 5:41 : 41 glory from man I do not receive,
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God; 32 become offenceless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the assembly of God; 33 as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many -- that they may be saved.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised -- only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted, 13 for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory. 14 And for me, let it not be -- to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;
  • Phil 2:3-5 : 3 nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves -- 4 each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others. 5 For, let this mind be in you that `is' also in Christ Jesus,
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 if any one doth speak -- `as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- `as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.
  • John 8:49-50 : 49 Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me; 50 and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;
  • John 8:54 : 54 Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;
  • John 11:4 : 4 and Jesus having heard, said, `This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'
  • John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorify Thy name.' There came, therefore, a voice out of the heaven, `I both glorified, and again I will glorify `it';'
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, `Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him; 32 if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do `it'. 5 `And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;
  • Exod 32:10-13 : 10 and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.' 11 And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, `Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand? 12 why do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? turn back from the heat of Thine anger, and repent of the evil against Thy people. 13 `Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited to the age;'
  • Num 11:29 : 29 And Moses saith to him, `Art thou zealous for me? O that all Jehovah's people were prophets! that Jehovah would put His Spirit upon them!'
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who `art' in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.
  • John 3:26-30 : 26 and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.' 27 John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven; 28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; 29 he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled. 30 `Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;