18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
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I receive not honour from men.
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. …
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. …
Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-36)Here is, I. Christ’s public preaching in the temple (John 7:14): He went up into the temple, and taught , according to his custom when he was at Jerusalem. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he did it in every place of concourse. His sermon is not recorded, because, probably, it was to the same purport with the sermons he had preached in Galilee, which were recorded by the o…
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