John 5:30

Weymouth NT

»I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.«

Cross References

Matthew 26:39

Going forward a short distance He fell on His face and prayed. »My Father,« He said, »if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou willest.«

John 14:10

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? The things that I tell you all I do not speak on my own authority: but the Father dwelling within me carries on His own work.

John 17:4

I have glorified Thee on earth, having done perfectly the work which by Thine appointment has been mine to do.

John 18:11

Jesus therefore said to Peter, »Put back your sword. Shall I refuse to drink the cup of sorrow which the Father has given me to drink?«

John 4:34

»My food,« said Jesus, »is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.

John 5:19

»In most solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that the Son can do nothing of Himself–He can only do what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, that the Son does in like manner.

John 6:38

For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.

John 8:28

So Jesus added, »When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He. Of myself I do nothing; but as the Father has taught me, so I speak.

John 8:42

»If God were your Father,« said Jesus, »you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but He sent me.

John 8:50

I, however, am not aiming at glory for myself: there is One who aims at glory for me–and who judges.

Romans 15:3

For even the Christ did not seek His own pleasure. His principle was, »The reproaches which they addressed to Thee have fallen on me.«

Romans 2:2

and we know that God's judgement against those who commit such sins is in accordance with the truth.

Romans 2:5

The fact is that in the stubbornness of your impenitent heart you are treasuring up against yourself anger on the day of Anger–the day when the righteousness of God's judgements will stand revealed.