Luke 12:8
“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now the LORD says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
Matthew 10:32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 15:10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.
Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
Revelation 2:13“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed 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 →