“I do not receive esteem from men,
“He who speaks from himself is seeking his own esteem, but He who seeks the esteem of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
nor were we looking for praise from men, not from you nor from others, though we could have been a burden to you, as emissaries of Messiah.
“And I do not seek My own esteem, there is One who is seeking and is judging.
“But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this in order that you might be saved.
יהושע answered, “If I esteem Myself, My esteem is none at all. It is My Father who esteems Me, of whom you say that He is your Elohim.
Then יהושע, knowing that they were about to come and seize Him, that they might make Him sovereign, withdrew again to the mountain, alone by Himself.
“How are you able to believe, when you are receiving esteem from one another, and the esteem that is from the only Elohim you do not seek?
For when He received respect and esteem from Elohim the Father, such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Esteem, “This is My Son, the Beloved in whom I did delight.”
For to this you were called, because Messiah also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps,
“But you do not desire to come to Me in order to possess life.
but I know you, that you do not have the love of Elohim in you.
for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of Elohim.
