John 5:41

THE MESSAGE

"I'm not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Because I know you and your crowds. I know that love, especially God's love, is not on your working agenda. I came with the authority of my Father, and you either dismiss me or avoid me. If another came, acting self-important, you would welcome him with open arms. How do you expect to get anywhere with God when you spend all your time jockeying for position with each other, ranking your rivals and ignoring God?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“I do not accept glory

King James Version (1611)
I receiue not honour from men.

King James Version
I receive not honour from men.

English Standard Version
I do not receive glory from people.

New American Standard Bible
"I do not receive glory from people;

New Century Version
"I don't need praise from people.

Amplified Bible
"I do not receive glory and approval from men;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I do not receive glory from men;

Legacy Standard Bible
I do not receive glory from men;

Berean Standard Bible
I do not accept glory from men,

Contemporary English Version
I don't care about human praise,

Complete Jewish Bible
"I don't collect praise from men,

Darby Translation
I do not receive glory from men,

Easy-to-Read Version
"I don't want praise from you or any other human.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I receiue not the prayse of men.

George Lamsa Translation
I do not receive any praise from men.

Good News Translation
"I am not looking for human praise.

Lexham English Bible
"I do not accept glory from people,

Literal Translation
I do not receive glory from men;

American Standard Version
I receive not glory from men.

Bible in Basic English
I do not take honour from men;

Hebrew Names Version
I don't receive glory from men.

International Standard Version
"I do not accept human praise.John 5:34; 1 Thessalonians 2:6;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Glory from the sons of men I receive not.

Murdock Translation
I do not receive glory from men.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I receaue not prayse of men.

English Revised Version
I receive not glory from men.

World English Bible
I don't receive glory from men.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I receive not honour from men, But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

Weymouth's New Testament
"I do not accept glory from man,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y take not clerenesse of men;

Update Bible Version
I do not receive glory from men.

Webster's Bible Translation
I receive not honor from men.

New English Translation
"I do not accept praise from people,

New King James Version
"I do not receive honor from men.

New Living Translation
"Your approval means nothing to me,

New Life Bible
I do not take any honor from men.

New Revised Standard
I do not accept glory from human beings.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Glory from men, am I not receiving; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
I receive not glory from men.

Revised Standard Version
I do not receive glory from men.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I receave not prayse of men.

Young's Literal Translation
glory from man I do not receive,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I receaue not prayse of men.

Mace New Testament (1729)
I do not by this seek your applause.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Make no mistake, your approval means diddly-squat to me.

Contextual Overview

³⁴"But my purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere human testimony. I'm speaking to you this way so that you will be saved. John was a torch, blazing and bright, and you were glad enough to dance for an hour or so in his bright light. But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John's witness. It's the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never saw his appearance. There is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his Messenger seriously. ³⁹"You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you'll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren't willing to receive from me the life you say you want. ⁴¹"I'm not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Because I know you and your crowds. I know that love, especially God's love, is not on your working agenda. I came with the authority of my Father, and you either dismiss me or avoid me. If another came, acting self-important, you would welcome him with open arms. How do you expect to get anywhere with God when you spend all your time jockeying for position with each other, ranking your rivals and ignoring God? ⁴⁵"But don't think I'm going to accuse you before my Father. Moses, in whom you put so much stock, is your accuser. If you believed, really believed, what Moses said, you would believe me. He wrote of me. If you won't take seriously what he wrote, how can I expect you to take seriously what I speak?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 5:34, John 6:15, John 7:18, John 8:50, John 8:54, 1 Thessalonians 2:6, 1 Peter 2:21, 2 Peter 1:17

Reciprocal: Matthew 6:2 - glory Matthew 8:4 - See Mark 5:43 - he charged Mark 10:18 - Why John 12:43 - they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I receive not honour from men. Not but that honour from men was due to Christ; and it becomes all men to honour him, as they do the Father; and he does receive honour and glory, and blessing from his saints, by their praying to him, praising him, believing in him, and serving him; but his sense is, that in asserting his equality with the Father, and in producing the testimonies he did, in proof of it, his view was not to obtain honour and applause among men, but to vindicate himself, and glorify his Father: nor did he say what he had just now said, about men's coming to him, with any such intention, to gather a party to him, to set up himself as a temporal king, in great pomp and splendour, and receive worldly homage and honour from men, as his subjects; for his kingdom was not of this world, and coming and subjection to him were things of a spiritual nature.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I 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 God.
3. The reason why they do not believe on him is because they have no regard for his character, wishes, or law.

Love of God - Love to God.

In you - In your hearts. You do not love God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 41. I receive not honour 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.