John 5:41

Further Testimony About The Son

⁴⁰ but you refuse to come to me to get possession of life. ⁴¹  I do not accept any honor from men, ⁴² but I am sure that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

Love of God

John

No

1 Thessalonians 2:6

We never sought praise from men, either from you or from anyone else; although as apostles we could have stood on our official dignity.

John 5:34

However, I do not accept mere human testimony, but I am saying this that you may be saved.

John 7:18

Whoever utters merely his own ideas is seeking his own honor, but whoever seeks the honor of him who sent him is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

John 5:44

How can you believe, you who are always accepting honor from one another, but never seek the honor that comes from the one God?

John 6:15

So when Jesus learned that they were going to come and carry Him off by force to crown Him king, He again retired to the hill by Himself.

John 8:50

However, I am not seeking honor for myself; there is One who is seeking it for me, and He is judge.

John 8:54

Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, such glory amounts to nothing. It is the Father who glorifies me; and you claim that He is your God.

1 Peter 2:21

Indeed, it was to this kind of living that you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow His footsteps.

2 Peter 1:17

For when He received such honor and glory from God the Father, when from the majestic glory there was borne to Him a voice like this, "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom I take delight,"