=43, 44. In my Father’s name.= “The name of God, of Christ, is a paraphrase for God himself, Christ himself, in all their being, attributes, relations, manifestations.”--(_Rob. Lex._, art. ὄνομα.) See Matt. 28:19, note. Here, therefore, Christ’s declaration is primarily, I have come in the power of the Father, not in my own power, or with my own authority; and secondarily, I have come to manifest and glorify not myself, but Him.--=If another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.= The reference is primarily to the false Christs, of whom many have been at different times received by Jews. See Matt. 24:5, note. But the declaration has a wider application to all times and nations. Wherever the minister is received, not as a guide to God, but as an independent object of hero-worship, he is received _in his own name_.--=How can ye have faith which receive honor derived from= (παρά) =one another?= Earthly ambition is inconsistent with spiritual growth. He that seeks the perishable cannot at the same time seek the imperishable crown.--=And seek not the honor which cometh from the only God.= Not, as in our English version, from God only. The structure of the sentence forbids that interpretation. The reference is to such passages as Exod. 8:10; 9:14; 20:3; Deut. 4:35, 39; 2 Sam. 7:22; Isa. 45:5, 6, etc. To those who seek from the one and only true God glory and honor and immortality, by patient continuance in well-doing, and to them alone, is the gift of eternal life promised (Rom. 2:6, 7). 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is[203] _one_ that accuseth you, _even_ Moses, in whom ye trust. [203] Rom. 2:12. 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he[204] wrote of me. [204] Gen. 3:15; 22:18; Deut. 18:15, 18; Acts 26:22. 47 But if ye[205] believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? [205] Luke 16:31.