John 8:54

Good News Translation

Jesus answered, “If I were to honor myself, that honor would be worth nothing. The one who honors me is my Father—the very one you say is your God.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:27

Too much honey is bad for you, and so is trying to win too much praise.

Isaiah 66:5

Listen to what the Lord says, you that fear him and obey him: “Because you are faithful to me, some of your own people hate you and will have nothing to do with you. They mock you and say, ‘Let the Lord show his greatness and save you, so that we may see you rejoice.’ But they themselves will be disgraced!

Hosea 1:9

The Lord said to Hosea, “Name him ‘Not-My-People,’ because the people of Israel are not my people, and I am not their God.”

John 17:1

After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you.

John 17:5

Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.

John 2:11

Jesus performed this first miracle in Cana in Galilee; there he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

John 5:41

“I am not looking for human praise.

John 7:18

Those who speak on their own authority are trying to gain glory for themselves. But he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there is nothing false in him.

John 7:39

Jesus said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were going to receive. At that time the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not been raised to glory.

John 8:41

You are doing what your father did.” “God himself is the only Father we have,” they answered, “and we are his true children.”

John 8:50

I am not seeking honor for myself. But there is one who is seeking it and who judges in my favor.

Acts 3:13

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has given divine glory to his Servant Jesus. But you handed him over to the authorities, and you rejected him in Pilate's presence, even after Pilate had decided to set him free.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is when the Lord thinks well of us that we are really approved, and not when we think well of ourselves.

1 Peter 1:12

God revealed to these prophets that their work was not for their own benefit, but for yours, as they spoke about those things which you have now heard from the messengers who announced the Good News by the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. These are things which even the angels would like to understand.

1 Peter 1:21

Through him you believe in God, who raised him from death and gave him glory; and so your faith and hope are fixed on God.

2 Peter 1:17

We were there when he was given honor and glory by God the Father, when the voice came to him from the Supreme Glory, saying, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased!”