John 7:18

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.

Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.

Have we no right to eat and to drink?

Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy. For he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the assembly may be built up.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

You shall make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself.

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying, “See that no one knows about this.”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

He commanded him to tell no one, “But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.

I don’t receive glory from men.

Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves. He was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,

But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”

When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

“On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, one ewe lamb a year old without defect, three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed.

This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

For there is no partiality with God.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,

We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”

Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh’s people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!”

Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”

It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”

Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

As many as desire to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised; just so they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.

So also Christ didn’t glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father.”

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.