Matthew 10:32
30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
33 But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
34 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
- KJV
- Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
- WEB
- Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
- ASV
- Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
- DARBY
- Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.
- BLB
- Therefore everyone who will confess in Me before men, I will also confess in him before My Father who [is] in the heavens.
- ÅB
- «Enhver som vedkjenner seg meg blant menneskene, ham skal jeg også vedkjenne meg for min Far i himmelen;
- OTB
- “Den som bekjenner meg for andre, vil jeg bekjenne for min Far i himmelen.
- B1930
- Derfor, hver den som kjennes ved mig for menneskene, ham skal også jeg kjennes ved for min Fader i himmelen;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 3:5
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
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 10:9–10
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Read in context1 John 4:15
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextRevelation 2:13
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
Read in contextJohn 9:22
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
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