John 5:44 (WEB)
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
Fathers and councils · 31
Gregory of Nyssa
“For the very glory that was bestowed on the lawgiver was the glory of none other but of God Himself, which glory the Lord in the Gospel bids all to seek, when He blames those who value human glory highly and seek not the glory that cometh from God only.” — editor's note: Cf. S. John v. 44
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore He rebuked them, saying, “How can ye believe, which receive honor of men, and seek not the honor which cometh from God?” ( v. 44.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Wherefore Jesus said to the Jews, “How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?” ( c. v. 44 .)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Thus it is that the Jews also have continued Jews; for which cause Christ rebuked them and said, “How can ye believe, which receive honor from men?” ( c. v. 44.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“But let us, beloved, avoid this disease exceedingly and with all earnestness; for though we have ten thousand good qualities, this plague of vainglory is sufficient to bring them all to nought. ( c. v. 44.)” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“…not” ( c. v. 39 ); alluding partly to His miracles, partly to the testimony from the Scriptures; “For they,” He saith, “are they which testify of Me” ( c. v. 43, 44 ); and, “I am come in My Father’s Name, and ye receive Me not”; and, “How can ye believe which receive honor of men?”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Wherefore also He said, “How can ye believe who receive honor from men?” ( c. v. 44.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“As He said also to them before, “How can ye believe which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?” ( c. v. 44.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For He also saith, “Ye seek not the glory which is from the only God.” ( c. v. 44.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome
““How,” Jesus says, “can ye believe which receive glory one from another?”” — editor's note: Joh. v. 44, R.V.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“For, in this very same discourse in which He pronounces that His works testify of Him that He was sent of the Father, and asserts that the Father testifies of Him, that He was sent from Him, He says, The honour of Him, Who alone is God, ye seek not.” — editor's note: St. John v. 44. The usual text of the Greek is τὴν δόξαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ μόνου θεοῦ, “the glory that cometh from the only God” (R.V.).
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Tertullian
“And, of course, that ought to have been chosen which keeps virgins veiled, as being known to God alone; who (besides that glory must be sought from God, not from men) ought to blush even at their own privilege.” — editor's note: Comp. John v. 44 and xii. 43.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Then a little after; “How can ye believe, who look for glory one from another, and seek not the glory which is of God only?”” — editor's note: John v. 44.
Read the whole comment“For so hostile is this vice to pious faith, if the love of glory be greater in the heart than the fear or love of God, that the Lord said, “How can ye believe, who look for glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from God alone?”” — editor's note: John v. 44.
Read the whole comment“And so they believed on Him, but not in the way He wished them to believe when He said: “How can ye believe, who expect honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?”” — editor's note: Chap. v. 44.
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John Cassian
“And the Lord, rebuking the Pharisees, says, “How can ye believe, who receive glory from one another, and seek not the glory which comes from God alone?”” — editor's note: S. John v. 44.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord having made mention of John, and the witness of God, and His own works, many, who did not see that His motive was to induce them to believe, might suspect Him of a desire for human glory, and therefore He…
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Or, I receive not honour from men: i. e. I seek not human praise; for I came not to receive carnal honour from men, but to give spiritual honour to men. I do not bring forward this testimony then, because I seek my…
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As if to say, I said this to prove that it is not from your love of God, that you persecute Me; for He bears witness to Me, by My own works, and by the Scriptures. So that, if ye loved God, as ye rejected Me,…
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As if He said, For this cause came I into the world, that through Me the name of the Father might be glorified; for I attribute all to Him. As then they would not receive Him, Who came to do His Father’s will; they…
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Hear John, As ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are there many Antichrists. (1 John 2:18) But what dost thou dread in Antichrist, except that he will exalt his own name, and despise the name of the…
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Here is the crowning proof of their impiety. He says, as it were, If it was the love of God that made you persecute me, you would persecute Antichrist much more: for he does not profess to be sent by the Father, or…
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How faulty then is the boasting temper, and that eagerness for human praise, which likes to be thought to have what it has not, and would fain be thought to have all that it has, by its own strength. Men of such…
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The best way of guarding against this sin, is to bring to our consciences the remembrance, that we are dust, and should ascribe all the good that we have not to ourselves, but to God. And we should endeavour always…
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For I am not come to condemn, but to save. There is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom you trust. As He had said of the Scriptures above: In them ye think ye have eternal life. So now of Moses He says, In…
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Perhaps, He says, in accommodation to our way of speaking, not because there is really any doubting in God. Moses prophesied of Christ, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up from among your brethren like unto…
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But, in fact, the whole that Moses wrote, was written of Christ, i. e. it has reference to Him principally; whether it point to Him by figurative actions, or expression; or set forth His grace and glory. But if ye…
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As if He said, He has even written, and has left his books among you, as a constant memento to you, lest you forget His words. And since you believe not his writings, how can ye believe My unwritten words?
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From this we may infer too, that he who knows the commandments against stealing, and other crimes, and neglects them, will never fulfil the more perfect and refined precepts of the Gospel.
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Indeed had they attended to His words, they ought and would have tried to learn from Him, what the things were which Moses had written of Him. But they are silent. For it is the nature of wickedness to defy…
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Cross-references · 19
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in The City of God V.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 2.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 2.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 2.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 5:41–47 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Institutes XI.12.
Cited together in The City of God V.14.
Cited together in The City of God V.14.
Cited together in The City of God V.14.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 7.