John 8:54

Bible in Basic English 1965

Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Isaiah 66:5

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.

Hosea 1:9

And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.

John 17:1

Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:

John 17:5

And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.

John 2:11

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.

John 5:41

But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

John 7:18

The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent himthat man is true and there is no evil in him.

John 7:39

This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.

John 8:41

You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

John 8:50

I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

Acts 3:13

The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.

1 Peter 1:12

And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.

1 Peter 1:21

Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

2 Peter 1:17

For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.