John 5:41
I do not receive glory from men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I receive not honour from men.
In Context
40And ye will not come to me, so that ye may have life.
42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God within yourselves.
Cross References
John 5:44How can ye believe, who receive glory from each other, and seek not the glory from the only God?
John 7:18He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, this man is true, and unrighteousness is not in him.
John 8:54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. My Father is he who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God.
1 Peter 2:21For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps.
Matthew Henry on John 5:32-47
Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that… Read the whole commentary →