Luke 12:8
But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Matthew 10:32Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.
Luke 15:10Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.
2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we deny, *he* also will deny us;
Jude 1:24But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set [you] with exultation blameless before his glory,
Revelation 2:13I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan [is]; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness [was], 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 →