John 8:54 · KJV
“Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:”
— John 8:54
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
John 8 — Context
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw {it}, and was glad.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:27
{It is} not good to eat much honey: so {for men} to search their own glory {is not} glory.
John 8:50
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
2 Peter 1:17
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
John 16:14-15
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew {it} unto you.
Psalms 110:1-4
[A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 Corinthians 10:18
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Hebrews 5:4-5
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as {was} Aaron.
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let {him} go.