John 8:54 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If I honour myself, my honour is nothing; this is much the same with what our Saviour said, 1 Thessalonians 5:31, which he seemed to contradict, 1 Thessalonians 5:14; (see the notes on both those places); the meaning is, If I seek mine own honour and glory; or, If I arrogate to myself what indeed doth not belong to me; or, If I alone honour myself, which (by the next words) seemeth to be the true sense of the phrase here. My Father is he who honoureth me, by witnessing from heaven that I am his beloved Son; by sending me into the world to accomplish his work; by many signs and wonders: and you say, that this my Father is your God. If therefore you will not give credit to me and my testimony, yet you ought to give credit to him, whom you own as your God.