John 12:43

James Moffatt - New Testament

they preferred the approval of men to the approval of God.

Cross References

John 5:44

How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?

John 5:41

I accept no credit from men,

Luke 16:15

So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;

2 Corinthians 10:18

for it is not the self-praiser with his own recommendations who is accepted, it is the man whom the Lord recommends.

Matthew 6:2

When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

John 8:54

Jesus replied, "Were I to glorify myself, my glory would be nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me; you say 'He is our God,'

Luke 19:17

'Capital,' he said, 'you excellent servant! because you have proved trustworthy in a trifle, you are placed over ten towns.'

1 Peter 3:4

but inside, in the heart, with the immortal beauty of a gentle and modest spirit, which in the sight of God is of rare value.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,

John 7:18

He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

Romans 2:29

he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual not literal — praised by God, not by man.