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George Lamsa Translation

Matthew 10:32

Everyone therefore who will acknowledge me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Confession;   Decision;   Discipleship;   God;   Heaven;   Minister, Christian;   Reward;   Righteous;   Testimony;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Confessing Christ;   Confession-Denial, Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Confession;   Disciples/apostles;   God;   Hate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Confessing Christ;   Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Confession;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Confess, Confession;   Denial;   Fatherhood of God;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confession;   Confessions and Credos;   Disciples;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Son of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   Confession;   Mss;   Person of Christ;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Advent (2);   Attributes of Christ;   Caesarea Philippi;   Candlestick;   Claims (of Christ);   Confession;   Confession (of Christ);   Consciousness;   Courage;   Denial;   Disciple (2);   Discourse;   Example;   Heaven ;   Humility;   Ideas (Leading);   Immortality (2);   Incarnation (2);   Judgment;   Love (2);   Manuscripts;   Omnipresence;   Persecution (2);   Profession (2);   Promise (2);   Prophet;   Reward;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Saying and Doing;   Separation;   Son of Man;   Trinity (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apostle;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Confession;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Authority in Religion;   Confession;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Justification;   Mediation;   Papyrus;   Parousia;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for April 14;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 3;   Every Day Light - Devotion for April 11;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for October 14;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
King James Version (1611)
Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse mee before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.
King James Version
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
English Standard Version
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore, everyone who confesses Me before people, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
New Century Version
"All those who stand before others and say they believe in me, I will say before my Father in heaven that they belong to me.
Amplified Bible
"Therefore, the one who confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse me before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
Contemporary English Version
If you tell others that you belong to me, I will tell my Father in heaven that you are my followers.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Whoever acknowledges me in the presence of others I will also acknowledge in the presence of my Father in heaven.
Darby Translation
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.
Easy-to-Read Version
"If you stand before others and are willing to say you believe in me, then I will tell my Father in heaven that you belong to me.
Good News Translation
"Those who declare publicly that they belong to me, I will do the same for them before my Father in heaven.
Lexham English Bible
"Therefore everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven.
Literal Translation
Then everyone who shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in Heaven.
American Standard Version
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Bible in Basic English
To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.
Hebrew Names Version
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
International Standard Version
"Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.Luke 12:8; Romans 10:9-10; Revelation 3:5;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Every man, therefore, who shall confess me before the sons of men, I myself will confess him also before my Father who is in heaven.
Murdock Translation
Wherefore, whoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euery one therfore, that shall confesse me before men, hym wyll I confesse also, before my father, which is in heaues.
English Revised Version
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven.
World English Bible
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor euery man that schal knouleche me bifore men, Y schal knouleche hym bifor my fadir that is in heuenes.
Update Bible Version
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
New English Translation
"Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
New King James Version
Luke 12:8,9">[xr] "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
New Living Translation
"Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
New Life Bible
"Whoever makes Me known in front of men, I will make him known to My Father in heaven.
New Revised Standard
"Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also, will confess, him, before my Father who is in the heavens;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
Revised Standard Version
So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Who soever therfore shall knowledge me before men hym will I knowledge also before my father which is in heuen.
Young's Literal Translation
`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore whosoeuer knowlegeth me before me, him wil I knowlege also before my father which is in heauen.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Whosoever therefore shall own me before men, him will I own likewise before my father who is in heaven.
THE MESSAGE
"Stand up for me against world opinion and I'll stand up for you before my Father in heaven. If you turn tail and run, do you think I'll cover for you?
Simplified Cowboy Version
"If you tell everyone at the livery, the feed store, the cow sale, the boot shop, and anywhere else you go, that you belong to my crew, I will tell God you ride with me.

Contextual Overview

16 Behold, I am sending you like lambs among the wolves; therefore be wise as serpents, and pure as doves. 17 But be careful of men; for they will deliver you up to the courts, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And they will bring you before the presence of governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry as to how or what you will speak; for it will be given to you in that very hour what you are to speak. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaks through you. 21 Brother will deliver up his own brother to death, and father his son; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death. 22 And you will be hated by everybody because of my name; but he who endures until the end shall live. 23 When they persecute you in this city, escape to another; for truly I say to you, that you shall not finish converting all the cities of the house of Israel, until the Son of man returns. 24 No disciple is more important than his teacher, and no servant than his master. 25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and for a servant to be like his master. If then, they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

confess me: Psalms 119:46, Luke 12:8, Luke 12:9, John 9:22, Romans 10:9, Romans 10:10, 1 Timothy 6:12, 1 Timothy 6:13, 2 Timothy 1:8, 1 John 4:15, Revelation 2:13

him: Matthew 25:34, 1 Samuel 2:30, Revelation 3:5

Reciprocal: Ezra 5:11 - We are Daniel 3:18 - be it Matthew 7:21 - my Matthew 26:74 - saying Mark 8:38 - ashamed Luke 9:26 - whosoever Luke 11:2 - which John 12:42 - they did not Acts 24:14 - I confess Romans 14:11 - confess Philippians 2:11 - every Hebrews 10:35 - great

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Genesis 9:7
As for you, be fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply in it.
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah; and from them the people spread throughout the earth.
Genesis 10:1
NOW these are the descendants of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and to them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families and their languages, in their lands and in their nations.
Genesis 10:25
And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brothers name was Joktan.
Genesis 10:29
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were sons of Joktan.
Genesis 10:31
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
Acts 17:26
And he has made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and he has appointed seasons by his command, and has set limits to the age of men;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,.... The confession of Christ here, more especially designed, does not so much intend, though it may include, that which is less public, and is necessary to be made by every believer in Christ: for it is not enough to believe in him, with the heart, but confession of him must also be made with the mouth; and which lies in ascribing their whole salvation to him, giving him the glory of it; declaring their faith in him to others, and what he has done for their souls; and subjecting themselves to his ordinances, and joining in fellowship with his church and people: which confession, as it ought to be both by words and deeds, and to be hearty and sincere, so likewise visible, open, and before men. This, I say, may be included in the sense of these words; but what they chiefly relate to, is a confession of Christ by his ministers, in the public preaching of the Gospel; who ought openly, and boldly, to acknowledge, and declare, that Christ is truly and properly God, the eternal Son of God, the only mediator between God and men, the Saviour and Redeemer of lost sinners; through whose blood alone is the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of grace; by whose righteousness only men can be justified before God; and by whose sacrifice and satisfaction sin is only expiated; that he died for, and in the room and stead of his people, rose again for their justification, ascended to heaven in their name, is set down at the right hand of God, and ever lives to make intercession for them, and will come again, and judge both quick and dead: such a free and open confession of Christ ought to be made by all his ministers before men, and in spite of all the rage and opposition of earth and hell; and such shall not fail of being taken notice of, and requited by Christ; for he himself says,

him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven: as he has a perfect knowledge of them, and bears an affectionate love to them; so he will openly own, and acknowledge them as his ministers, and speak in the praise and commendation of their works and labours; though they have been performed through the gifts, grace, and strength, which he has communicated to them: he will introduce them into his Father's presence, and recommend them to him, to be honoured, blessed, and glorified by him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever therefore shall confess me ... - The same word in the original is translated “confess” and “profess,” 1 Timothy 6:12-13; 2 John 1:7; Romans 10:10. It means to acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ, and our dependence on him for salvation, and our attachment to him, in every proper manner. This profession may be made in uniting with a church, at the communion, in conversation, and in conduct. The Scriptures mean, by a profession of religion, an exhibition of it in every circumstance of the life and before all people. It is not merely in one act that we must do it, but in every act. We must be ashamed neither of the person, the character, the doctrines, nor the requirements of Christ. If we are; if we deny him in these things before people; if we are unwilling to express our attachment to him in every way possible, then it is right that he should “disown all connection with us,” or deny us before God, and he will do it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men — That is, whosoever shall acknowledge me to be the Messiah, and have his heart and life regulated by my spirit and doctrine. It is not merely sufficient to have the heart right before God; there must be a firm, manly, and public profession of Christ before men. "I am no hypocrite," says one; neither should you be. "I will keep my religion to myself" i.e. you will not confess Christ before men; then he will renounce you before God.

We confess or own Christ when we own his doctrine, his ministers, his servants, and when no fear hinders us from supporting and assisting them in times of necessity.


 
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