John 5:41

John 5:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I receive not honour from men.
• New International Version (NIV)“I do not accept glory from human beings,
• English Standard Version (ESV)I do not receive glory from people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I do not receive honor from men.

Context of John 5:41

39You study the Scriptures in detail because you think you have the source of eternal life in them. These Scriptures testify on my behalf. 40Yet, you don’t want to come to me to get ⌞eternal⌟ life. “I don’t accept praise from humans. 42But I know what kind of people you are. You don’t have any love for God. 43I have come with the authority my Father has given me, but you don’t accept me. If someone else comes with his own authority, you will accept him.

John 5:41 word by word

δόξαν παρὰ ἀνθρώπων οὐ λαμβάνω·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• notοὐou · noG3756
• honourδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• fromπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for John 5:41

• John 5:34But I don’t depend on human testimony. I’m telling you this to save you.
• John 6:15Jesus realized that the people intended to take him by force and make him king. So he returned to the mountain by himself.
• John 7:18Those who speak their own thoughts are looking for their own glory. But the man who wants to bring glory to the one who sent him is a true teacher and doesn’t have dishonest motives.
• John 8:50I don’t want my own glory. But there is someone who wants it, and he is the judge.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:6We didn’t seek praise from people, from you or from anyone else,
• 1 Peter 2:21God called you to endure suffering because Christ suffered for you. He left you an example so that you could follow in his footsteps.
• 2 Peter 1:17For example, we were eyewitnesses when he received honor and glory from God the Father and when the voice of our majestic God spoke these words to him: “This is my Son, whom I love and in whom I delight.”

Commentaries on John 5:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41I receive not honor from men - I do not stand in need of you or your testimony. I act neither through self-interest nor vanity. Your salvation can add nothing to me, nor can your destruction injure me: I speak only through my love for your souls, that ye may be saved.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41I receive not honour … - “I do not say these things because I am desirous of human applause, but to account for the fact that you do not believe on me. The reason is, that you have not the love of God in you.” In this passage we see: 1.That we should not seek for human applause. It is of very little value, and it often keeps men from the approbation of God, John 5:44. 2.They who will not believe on Jesus Christ give evidence that they have no love for…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-44Verses 39-44 The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their hands. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. They did indeed search the Scriptures, but it was with a view to their own glory. It is possible for men to be very studious in the letter of the Scriptures…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41-47Jewish trials were meant to discover the truth. The goal was to decide whether the charges were true or false. If people were falsely accused, they could show that they were innocent. He could also bring charges against those who had accused him. In this situation, Jesus did that.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4239-42. Search the scriptures, &c.--"In the Scriptures ye find your charter of eternal life; go search them then, and you will find that I am the Great Burden of their testimony; yet ye will not come to Me for that life eternal which you profess to find there, and of which they tell you I am the appointed Dispenser." (Compare Ac 17:11, 12). How touching and gracious are these last words! Observe here (1) The honor which Christ gives to the Scriptures, as a…Read the comment

Topics related to John 5:41

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• Folk
• Judgment
• Lest
• Light
• Step
• Trouble
• Troubling
• Witness
• Glory
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on John 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings