John 5:41
“I do not accept glory from people.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
I receive not honour from men.
In Context
40But you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
42Rather I have come to know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.
Cross References
John 5:44How can you believe, who receive glory from men and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
John 7:18Someone who speaks on his own is seeking his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
John 8:54Jesus answered: “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
1 Peter 2:21Now you have been called to this, really, because Christ also suffered in our behalf, leaving you an example that you should follow in 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 →