Luke 12:8
And I say unto you, Everyone who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
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In Context
9but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Matthew 10:32Everyone therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 15:10Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to guard them from stumbling, and to set them before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,
Revelation 2:13I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.
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 →