John 7:18

WEB

¹⁸He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

KJV

¹⁸ He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

BSB

¹⁸He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

FBV

¹⁸Those who speak for themselves want to glorify themselves, but someone who glorifies the one who sent him is truthful and not deceitful.

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Extra References

³¹When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. ³²If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.

John 12:28

²⁸Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”

Philippians 2:3-5

³doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; ⁴each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

⁵Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

John 8:49-50

⁴⁹Jesus answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

1 Corinthians 10:31-33

³¹Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. ³²Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, to Greeks, or to the assembly of God; ³³even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

John 17:4-5

⁴I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. ⁵Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

⁶nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

Matthew 6:9

⁹Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

John 3:26-30

²⁶They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”

²⁷John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. ²⁸You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’ ²⁹He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full. ³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.