John 5:41
I'm not looking for human approval
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I receive not honour from men.
In Context
40And yet you don't want to come to me so that you might live.
42—I know you, and that you don't have God's love in you.
Cross References
John 5:44How can you trust in me when you look for praise from one another and yet you don't look for praise from the one true God?
John 7:18Those who speak for themselves want to glorify themselves, but someone who glorifies the one who sent him is truthful and not deceitful.
John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. But it is God himself who glorifies me, the one you claim, ‘He is our God.’
1 Peter 2:21In fact this is what you were called to do, because Christ suffered for you and gave you an example, so 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 →