Joh 7:18, 2Cor 2:2, 17, 4:1, 5:11, 1Th 2:4 | ESV | STEP | The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory ; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true , and in him there is no falsehood .

John 7:18

18 The one who speaks on his own authority ^aseeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

2 Corinthians 2:2

2 For ^bif I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?

2 Corinthians 2:17

17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:1

The Light of the Gospel

1 Therefore, having ^cthis ministry ^dby the mercy of God, ^{▼▼Greek as we have received mercy} we do not lose heart.

2 Corinthians 5:11

The Ministry of Reconciliation

11 Therefore, knowing ^fthe fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But ^gwhat we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

4 but just as we have been approved by God ^hto be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not ⁱto please man, but to please God ^jwho tests our hearts.