John 7:18
He that speaketh of him selfe seketh his awne prayse. But he that seketh his prayse that sent him the same is true and no vnrightewesnes is in him.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
19Dyd not Moses geve you a lawe and yet none of you kepeth ye lawe? Why goo ye aboute to kyll me?
Cross References
Matthew 6:9After thys maner therfore praye ye. O oure father which arte in heve halowed be thy name.
John 5:41I receave not prayse of men.
John 8:54Iesus answered: Yf I honoure my selfe myne honoure is nothinge worth. It is my father that honoureth me which ye saye is youre God
John 12:28Father glorify thy name. Then came ther a voyce fro heaven: I have glorified it and will glorify it agayne.
John 17:4I have glorified ye on the erth. I have fynysshed ye worke which thou gavest me to do.
Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →