Luke 9:26
24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
25 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
27 But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
28 About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
- KJV
- For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
- WEB
- For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
- ASV
- For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and [the glory] of the Father, and of the holy angels.
- DARBY
- For whosoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory, and [in that] of the Father, and of the holy angels.
- BLB
- For whoever may be ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He shall come in His glory and [that] of the Father and of the holy angels.
- ÅB
- For den som skammer seg ved meg og mine ord, ham skal også Menneskesønnen skamme seg ved når han kommer i sin og sin Fars og de hellige englers herlighet.
- OTB
- "Den som skammer seg over meg og mine ord, skal Menneskesønnen også skamme seg over når han kommer i sin herlighet og i Faderens og de hellige englers herlighet."
- B1930
- For den som skammer sig ved mig og mine ord, ham skal også Menneskesønnen skamme sig ved når han kommer i sin og sin Faders og de hellige englers herlighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 10:32–33
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:12
if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
Read in contextLuke 12:8–9
I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
Read in contextRomans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
Read in contextMark 8:38
If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Read in contextMatthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Read in contextMatthew 25:31
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
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