John 5:41
I receive not honor from men.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
I receive not honour from men.
In Context
40and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
Cross References
John 5:44How can ye believe, receiving honor from one another, and the honor that is from God alone ye seek not?
John 7:18He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
John 8:54Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It is my Father that honors me, of whom ye say, that he is your God.
1 Peter 2:21For to this ye were called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;
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 →