John 7:18

7:18 The person who speaks on his own authority ¹  desires ²  to receive honor ³  for himself; the one who desires ⁴  the honor ⁵  of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, ⁶  and there is no unrighteousness in him.

John 8:26

8:26 I have many things to say and to judge ⁷  about you, but the Father ⁸  who sent me is truthful, ⁹  and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.” ¹⁰ 

[7:18]  ¹ tn Grk “who speaks from himself.”

[7:18]  ² tn Or “seeks.”

[7:18]  ³ tn Or “praise”; Grk “glory.”

[7:18]  ⁴ tn Or “seeks.”

[7:18]  ⁵ tn Or “praise”; Grk “glory.”

[7:18]  ⁶ tn Or “is truthful”; Grk “is true.”

[8:26]  ⁷ tn Or “I have many things to pronounce in judgment about you.” The two Greek infinitives could be understood as a hendiadys, resulting in one phrase.

[8:26]  ⁸ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the Father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:26]  ⁹ tn Grk “true” (in the sense of one who always tells the truth).

[8:26]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and what things I have heard from him, these things I speak to the world.”