Quotes About Purpose

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”

Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

He 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.

but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.

He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.

Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ëHe is our God.í

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.