Luke 12:8
Every one, I tell you, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9but he, who disowns me before his fellow men, will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
Cross References
Matthew 10:32Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, I, too, will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven;
Luke 15:10So, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of God’s angels over one outcast that repents.”
2 Timothy 2:12If we continue to endure, we shall also share his throne. If we should ever disown him, he, too, will disown us.
Jude 1:24To him who is able to guard you from falling, and to bring you into his glorious presence, blameless and rejoicing —
Revelation 2:13I know where you dwell, where the Throne of Satan stands. And yet you hold to my Name, and you did not disown my Faith even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death 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 →