John 5:44

Honour. Literally, “glory,” “good reputation.” Many of the Jews judged themselves by themselves; they considered a man’s reputation as good or bad in terms of their own traditions, instead of looking to God and His character as their standard. Consequently they were unable to believe in Christ.

From God only. Better, “from the only God.” The fact that God is one and absolute means that there is only one true standard for the judgment of character — the character of God Himself as revealed in His law. The principle of the uniqueness of God was a prime tenet of Jewish faith, but the Jews denied it by their actions to the extent that they judged their fellow men by traditional human standards.