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 8:50But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
• Prov 25:27It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
• 2 Pet 1:17For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
• John 16:14–15He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you.
• Ps 110:1–4A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
• 2 Cor 10:18For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
• John 5:22–29For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
• John 8:41You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”
• John 13:31–32When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
• Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
• John 5:31–32“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
• Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
• Heb 5:4–5Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
• Dan 7:13–14I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
• John 7:18He 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.
• Ps 2:6–12“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
• John 17:1Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
• 1 Pet 1:21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
• Isa 48:1–2“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
• John 7:39But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
• John 5:41I don’t receive glory from men.
• 1 Pet 1:12To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
• Rom 2:17–29Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,
• John 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
• Hos 1:9He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
• John 2:11This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
• Eph 1:20–23which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
• Isa 66:5Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

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