John 5:41
I do not receive honour from men,
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
I receive not honour from men.
In Context
40you refuse to come to me to have life.
42but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.
Cross References
John 5:44How can you believe in me, when you receive honour from one another and do not desire the honour which comes from the only God?
John 7:18The man who speaks on his own authority seeks honour for himself; but the man who seeks the honour of him that sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.
John 8:54“If I do honour to myself,” answered Jesus, “such honour counts for nothing. It is my Father who does me honour — and you say that he is your God;
1 Peter 2:21For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered — on your behalf — and left you an example, that you should follow in 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 →