If I glorify myself (εαν εγω δοξασω εμαυτον). Third-class condition with εαν and first aorist active subjunctive (or future active…

If I honour myself. If I commend or praise myself. If I had no other honour and sought no other honour than that which proceeds from a des…

If I honour myself, my honour is nothing.—The word rendered “honour” is not the same as that in John 8:49. It is better t…

I know that you are Abraham's seed; yet you seek to kill me, because my word does not have free course in you. I speak the things which I have …

St. Gregory the Great: Just as it is necessary that the good should grow better through insult, so the wicked are made worse by…

Again Jesus referred his defense to the Father, for God was responsible for Jesus’ message and vindication. He reminded them that the God they clai…

If I glorify myself. Before replying to that unjust comparison, he begins by saying that he does not seek his own glory,…

Jesus answered, if I honour myself, my honour is nothing ,
&c.] It is empty and vain, and will not continue; see ([R…

Christ and all who are His depend on God for honor. People may be able to dispute about God, yet may not know Him. Those who do not know God and do…

1. Above, our Lord had promised two things to his followers: liberation from darkne and the attainment of life, saying, he who follows m…