It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
John 7:18 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who speaks on his own authority seeks to win honor for himself. [He whose teaching originates with himself seeks his own glory.] But He Who seeks the glory and is eager for the honor of Him Who sent Him, He is true; and there is no unrighteousness or falsehood or deception in Him. American Standard Version (1901) He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Common English Bible Those who speak on their own seek glory for themselves. Those who seek the glory of him who sent me are people of truth; there’s no falsehood in them. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But whoever seeks the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and injustice is not in him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in him. |
It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
Moshe said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? would that all the LORD's people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!
But when Yeshua heard it, he said, *This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it.*
Father, glorify your name!* Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, *I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.*
Yeshua answered, *If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as emissaries of Messiah.
If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Yeshua the Messiah, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amein.
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.