Luke 12:8
And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the agents of God.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore LORD, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever, but now LORD says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me
Matthew 10:32Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens.
Luke 15:10Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.
2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign together. If we renounce him, that man will also renounce us.
Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them non-stumbling, and to present before his glory, unblemished in gladness,
Revelation 2:13I know thy works, and where thou dwell, where Satan's throne is. And thou hold firm my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:2-13
Christ's Charge to His Apostles. 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be… Read the whole commentary →