Luke 12:8
And I say to you, everyone who may confess in Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess in him before the messengers of God,
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In Context
9and he who has denied Me before men, will be denied before the messengers of God,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore—a declaration of YHWH, God of Israel—I certainly said, Your house and the house of your father walk up and down before Me for all time; and now—a declaration of YHWH—Far be it from Me! For he who is honoring Me, I honor, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
Matthew 10:32Everyone, therefore, who will confess in Me before men, I also will confess in him before My Father who is in the heavens;
Luke 15:10So I say to you, joy comes before the messengers of God over one sinner converting.”
2 Timothy 2:12if we endure together—we will also reign together; if we deny [Him], He will also deny us;
Jude 1:24And to Him who is able to guard you without stumbling, and to set [you] in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,
Revelation 2:13I have known your works, and where you dwell—where the throne of Satan [is]—and you hold fast My Name, and you did not deny My faith, even in the days in which Antipas [was] My faithful witness, who was put to death beside 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 →