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Mark 8:38

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ShameFaithJudgmentJesus Christ

36 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

37 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

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.”
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BSB
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.”
KJV
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
WEB
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
ASV
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
DARBY
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man also be ashamed when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
BLB
For whoever may be ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when He shall come in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”
ÅB
For den som skammer seg ved meg og mine ord i denne utro og syndige slekt, ham skal også Menneskesønnen skamme seg ved når han kommer i sin Fars herlighet med de hellige engler.
OTB
Hvis noen skammer seg over meg og mine ord i denne troløse og syndige generasjonen, vil Menneskesønnen skamme seg over dem når han kommer i sin Fars herlighet med de hellige engler."
B1930
For den som skammer sig ved mig og mine ord i denne utro og syndige slekt, ham skal også Menneskesønnen skamme sig ved når han kommer i sin Faders herlighet med de hellige engler.

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  • Luke 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.

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  • Romans 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.

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  • 1 John 2:23

    Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

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  • James 4:4

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

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  • Luke 9:26

    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.

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  • Matthew 10:32–33

    Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:8

    So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

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  • Matthew 26:64

    “You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

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