Luke 12:8
"And I tell you that whoever confesses me before men, the Son of man will confess him before the angels of God;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9"and whoever disowns me before men, shall be disowned before the angels of God.
Cross References
Matthew 10:32"Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 15:10"Even so I tell you there is joy in the presence of the angels for God over one sinner who repents."
2 Timothy 2:12If we endure suffering, we shall also reign with him. If we disown him, he too will disown us.
Jude 1:24Now unto Him who has power to guard you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, faultless and exultant,
Revelation 2:13I know where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is; and yet you are holding fast my name, and you have not denied my faith, even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was slain among you, where Satan has his dwelling.
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 →