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John 5:41–42

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I receive not honour from men.
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
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From verse 41

  1. John 7:18Rank 1 from verse 41
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    18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 2:6Rank 2 from verse 41
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    6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

  3. John 5:34Rank 3 from verse 41
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    34But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

  4. John 8:50Rank 4 from verse 41
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    50And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

  5. John 5:44Rank 5 from verse 41
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    44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

From verse 42

  1. 1 John 4:20Rank 1 from verse 42
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    20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

  2. 1 John 2:15Rank 2 from verse 42
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  3. 1 John 3:17Rank 3 from verse 42
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    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

  4. John 2:25Rank 4 from verse 42
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    25And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

  5. Romans 8:7Rank 5 from verse 42
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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John 5:41

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honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

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John 5:42

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

41I receive not honour from men.

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42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

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43I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

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