But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;
John 5:44 - New Revised Standard Version How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God? American Standard Version (1901) How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not? Common English Bible How can you believe when you receive praise from each other but don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God? Catholic Public Domain Version How are you able to believe, you who accept glory from one another and yet do not seek the glory that is from God alone? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek? |
But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to consider building a house for my name;
Can Ethiopians change their skin or leopards their spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.
They do all their deeds to be seen by others; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.
He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word.
but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart—it is spiritual and not literal. Such a person receives praise not from others but from God.
to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.
For it is not those who commend themselves that are approved, but those whom the Lord commends.
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.
nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?
so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Then Saul said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”
Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.