John 8:54

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John 8:52–56 · Berean Standard Bible

52 “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

53 Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”

54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’

55 You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”

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John 8:50

I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.

John 2:11

Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

John 5:31

If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

John 5:32

There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

John 7:18

He 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.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Hebrews 5:4

No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.

Hebrews 5:5

So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”

John 5:22

Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 5:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

John 5:25

Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

John 5:27

And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

John 5:28

Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

John 5:29

and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

John 5:41

I do not accept glory from men,

John 7:39

He 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 13:31

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

John 13:32

If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.

John 16:14

He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.

John 16:15

Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.

John 17:1

When 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.

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

Psalms 2:6

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Psalms 2:7

I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

Psalms 2:8

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

Psalms 2:9

You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

Psalms 2:10

Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.

Psalms 2:11

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Psalms 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

Psalms 110:1

The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Psalms 110:2

The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

Psalms 110:3

Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

Psalms 110:4

The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Daniel 7:13

In 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.

Daniel 7:14

And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Acts 3:13

The 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.

Ephesians 1:20

which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

Ephesians 1:21

far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

Ephesians 1:22

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 1:23

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Philippians 2:9

Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

Philippians 2:10

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Philippians 2:11

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

1 Peter 1:12

It 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.

1 Peter 1:21

Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

2 Peter 1:17

For 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 8:41

You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

Isaiah 48:1

“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—

Isaiah 48:2

who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Isaiah 66:5

You 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.”

Hosea 1:9

And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

Romans 2:17

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

Romans 2:18

if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

Romans 2:19

if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

Romans 2:20

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

Romans 2:21

you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

Romans 2:22

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Romans 2:23

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

Romans 2:24

As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

Romans 2:25

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 2:26

If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Romans 2:27

The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

Romans 2:28

A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

Romans 2:29

No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.