John 12:43 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴³ for they loved human glory more than the glory that comes from God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴³ for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴³ for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.

Common English Bible

⁴³ They believed, but they loved human praise more than God’s glory.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ For they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

John 12:43 Cross References

John 5:44

How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?

John 5:41

I do not accept glory from humans.

Luke 16:15

So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not those who commend themselves that are approved but those whom the Lord commends.

Matthew 6:2

“So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.

John 8:54

Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, ‘He is our God,’

Luke 19:17

He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, but now the Lord declares: Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.

1 Peter 3:4

rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,

Psalm 22:29

To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.

1 Samuel 15:30

Then Saul said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of others lays a snare, but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.

John 7:18

Those who speak on their own seek their own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing unjust in him.

Romans 2:29

Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not the written code. Such a person receives praise not from humans but from God.