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Jesus answered, Ife I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Fatherf that honoreth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

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John 5:31,41• ³¹If I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is not true.
⁴¹I do not receive glory from men, (John 5:31,41)

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John 17:1• ¹These things Jesus spoke, and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee; (John 17:1)

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John 8:50• ⁵⁰But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and judges. (John 8:50)

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John 2:11• ¹¹This beginning of signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him. (John 2:11)

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John 5:31‑32• ³¹If I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is not true.
³²It is another who bears witness concerning me, and I know that the witness which he bears concerning me is true. (John 5:31‑32)

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John 7:18• ¹⁸He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him. (John 7:18)

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Prov. 25:27• ²⁷It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is itself a weight. (Prov. 25:27)

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2 Cor. 10:18• ¹⁸For not *he* that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends. (2 Cor. 10:18)

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Heb. 5:4‑5• ⁴And no one takes the honour to himself but as called by God, even as Aaron also.
⁵Thus the Christ also has not glorified himself to be made a high priest; but he who had said to him, *Thou* art my Son, *I* have to-day begotten thee. (Heb. 5:4‑5)

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John 5:22‑29,41• ²²for neither does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son;
²³that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who honours not the Son, honours not the Father who has sent him.
²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
²⁵Verily, verily, I say unto you, that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that have heard shall live.
²⁶For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son also to have life in himself,
²⁷and has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is Son of man.
²⁸Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
²⁹and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.
⁴¹I do not receive glory from men, (John 5:22‑29,41)

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John 7:39• ³⁹But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. (John 7:39)

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John 13:31‑32• ³¹When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
³²If God be glorified in him, God also shall glorify him in himself, and shall glorify him immediately. (John 13:31‑32)

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John 16:14‑15• ¹⁴He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and shall announce it to you.
¹⁵All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce it to you. (John 16:14‑15)

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John 17:1,5• ¹These things Jesus spoke, and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee;
⁵and now glorify *me*, *thou* Father, along with thyself, with the glory which I had along with thee before the world was. (John 17:1,5)

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Psa. 2:6‑12• ⁶And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
⁷I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; *I* this day have begotten thee.
⁸Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:
⁹Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
¹⁰And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
¹¹Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his anger burn but a little. Blessed are all who have their trust in him. (Psa. 2:6‑12)

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Psa. 110:1‑4• ¹Psalm of David. Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.
²Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.
³Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth.
⁴Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek. (Psa. 110:1‑4)

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Dan. 7:13‑14• ¹³I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like a son of man, and he came up even to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
¹⁴And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Dan. 7:13‑14)

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Acts 3:13• ¹³The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom *ye* delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when *he* had judged that he should be let go. (Acts 3:13)

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Eph. 1:20‑23• ²⁰in which he wrought in the Christ in raising him from among the dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,
²¹above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;
²²and has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the assembly,
²³which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all: (Eph. 1:20‑23)

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Phil. 2:9‑11• ⁹Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,
¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal beings,
¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to God the Father's glory. (Phil. 2:9‑11)

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1 Peter 1:12,21• ¹²To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves but to you they ministered those things, which have now been announced to you by those who have declared to you the glad tidings by the Holy Spirit, sent from heaven, which angels desire to look into.
²¹who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among the dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God. (1 Peter 1:12,21)

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2 Peter 1:17• ¹⁷For he received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being uttered to him by the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom *I* have found my delight; (2 Peter 1:17)

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John 8:41• ⁴¹Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God. (John 8:41)

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Isa. 48:1‑2• ¹Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.
²For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Isa. 48:1‑2)

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Isa. 66:5• ⁵Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified, and let us see your joy! but they shall be ashamed. (Isa. 66:5)

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Hos. 1:9• ⁹and he said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be for you. (Hos. 1:9)

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Rom. 2:17‑29• ¹⁷But if *thou* art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,
¹⁸and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
²⁰an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:
²¹thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
²²thou that sayest man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?
²⁴For the name of God is blasphemed on your account among the nations, according as it is written.
²⁵For circumcision indeed profits if thou keep the law; but if thou be a law-transgressor, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.
²⁶If therefore the uncircumcision keep the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision,
²⁷and uncircumcision by nature, fulfilling the law, judge thee, who, with letter and circumcision, art a law-transgressor?
²⁸For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;
²⁹but he is a Jew who is so inwardly; and circumcision, of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. (Rom. 2:17‑29)

• He never sought His own glory, He always kept His Father’s word; He could say, from first to last, I know Him; in all leaving us an example that we should follow His steps. (“John 8” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom ye say, He is oura God,

WK Translation Notes

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The T. R. reads "your."