John 7:18
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18 Those who speak on their own seek their own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing unjust in him.(A)
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John 5:41
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41 I do not accept glory from humans.
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1 Corinthians 10:31-33
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31 So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.(A) 32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,(B) 33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but that of many, so that they may be saved.(C)
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1 Thessalonians 2:6
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6 nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,(A)
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Philippians 2:3-5
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3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.(A) 4 Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others.(B) 5 Let the same mind be in you that was[a] in Christ Jesus,(C)
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- 2.5 Or that you have
John 13:31-32
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31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.(A) 32 If God has been glorified in him,[a] God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once.
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- 13.32 Other ancient authorities lack If God has been glorified in him
John 12:28
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28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”(A)
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John 8:49-50
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49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.(A)
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1 Peter 4:11
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11 Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.(A)
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Galatians 6:12-14
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12 It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who try to compel you to be circumcised—only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.(A) 13 Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh. 14 May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[a] the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.(B)
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- 6.14 Or through whom
John 17:4-5
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4 I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do.(A) 5 So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.(B)
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John 3:26-30
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26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”(A) 27 John answered, “No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.(B) 28 You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,[a] but I have been sent ahead of him.’(C) 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled.(D) 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”[b]
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Matthew 6:9
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9 “Pray, then, in this way:
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be revered as holy.
Proverbs 25:27
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27 It is not good to eat much honey
or to seek honor on top of honor.(A)
Numbers 11:29
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29 But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his spirit on them!”(A)
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Exodus 32:10-13
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10 Now let me alone so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, and of you I will make a great nation.”(A)
11 But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?(B) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people.(C) 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”(D)
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John 11:4
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4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death; rather, it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”(A)
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John 8:54
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54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, ‘He is our God,’(A)
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