Luke 12:8
And I further say to you, Whoever confesses me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9But he that denies me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.
Cross References
Matthew 10:32Whoever, therefore, will confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 15:10So, I say to you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
2 Timothy 2:12if we are patient, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us;
Jude 1:24Now to him that is able to keep you free from stumbling, and to present you blameless in the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only God our Savior, be glory and majesty, strength and authority, both now and throughout all the ages. Amen.
Revelation 2:13I know your works, and where you dwell, even where the throne of Satan is: and yet you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain 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 →