John 5:41
“I don’t accept glory from men,
God's Living Word (portions)
In The King James Version
I receive not honour from men.
In Context
40Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
42but I know you. I know that you don’t have God’s sincere love in you.
Cross References
John 5:44How can you believe when you accept glory from one another, and don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
John 7:18The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It’s my Father, who you say is your God, who honors me.
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 →