John 5:41
I receive not glory from men.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
I receive not honour from men.
In Context
40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
Cross References
John 5:44How can ye believe, who receiving honour one from another, seek not the honour which cometh from God alone?
John 7:18He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none.
John 8:54Jesus answered, If I assume glory to myself, my glory is nothing: it is the Father who glorifies me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
1 Peter 2:21For hereunto have ye been called, because Christ also hath suffered for you, leaving you a pattern, 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 →