Matthew 10:32
Whoever, therefore, will confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
31Fear not, therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.
33But whoever will deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Cross References
Luke 12:8And I further say to you, Whoever confesses me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.
Romans 10:9that if you will confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and will believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
2 Timothy 1:8Be not, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner: but jointly suffer evil in the gospel according to the power of God,
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 Matthew 10:17-42
Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.… Read the whole commentary →