Luke 12:8
'And I say to you, Every one — whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30'Therefore — the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel — I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now — the affirmation of Jehovah — Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
Matthew 10:32'Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;
Luke 15:10'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
2 Timothy 2:12if we do endure together — we shall also reign together; if we deny [him], he also shall deny us;
Jude 1:24And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set [you] in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,
Revelation 2:13I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell — where the throne of the Adversary [is] — and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas [was] my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.
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 →