Luke 12:8
And I say to you, Every one that acknowledgeth me before men, him will the Son of man also acknowledge before the angels of God.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
9But he that hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.
Cross References
Matthew 10:32Every one therefore who shall acknowledge me before men, him will I also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 15:10I say to you, that thus 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 1:24But to him that is able to keep them from falling, and to present them faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Revelation 2:13I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas was my witness, my faithful one, who was slain 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 →