John 8:54

Jesus says he does not glorify himself; the Father glorifies him, the very God they claim as their own. True glory comes from the Father, not self-promotion.

Cross-references · 28

• John 8:50I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
• Prov 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
• 2 Pet 1:17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
• John 16:14–15He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
• Ps 110:1–4A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
• 2 Cor 10:18For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
• John 5:22–29Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
• John 8:41You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
• John 13:31–32When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
• Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
• John 5:31–32If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
• Phil 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
• Heb 5:4–5No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
• Dan 7:13–14In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
• John 7:18He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
• Ps 2:6–12“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• John 17:1When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
• 1 Pet 1:21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
• Isa 48:1–2“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
• John 7:39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
• John 5:41I do not accept glory from men,
• 1 Pet 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
• Rom 2:17–29Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
• John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
• Hos 1:9And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
• John 2:11Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
• Eph 1:20–23which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
• Isa 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”

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