I do not receive glory from people.
The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.
Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.
Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,”
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
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