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Before Abraham Was Born, I Am

John 8:50

In 9 translations

BSB
I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
KJV
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
WEB
But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
ASV
But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
LSV
and I do not seek My own glory; there is [One] who is seeking and is judging;
YLT
and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;
DBY
But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and judges.
DRC
But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
GNV
And I seeke not mine owne praise: but there is one that seeketh it, and iudgeth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ ζητῶ τὴν δόξαν μου· ἔστιν ὁ ζητῶν καὶ κρίνων.
RP2018
Ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ ζητῶ τὴν δόξαν μου· ἔστιν ὁ ζητῶν καὶ κρίνων.
TR-Boyd
Ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ ζητῶ τὴν δόξαν μου· ἔστιν ὁ ζητῶν καὶ κρίνων.
SCR1894
εγω δε ου ζητω την δοξαν μου εστιν ο ζητων και κρινων

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◆ Light of the World/I am discourse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 5:41I do not accept glory from men,
  • John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’
  • John 5:20–23The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom…
  • John 7:18He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
  • John 12:47–48As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The…
  • John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

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