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Matthew 10:32
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"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.
Who soever therfore shall knowledge me before men hym will I knowledge also before my father which is in heuen.
"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]
"Therefore, everyone who confesses Me before people, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
"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.
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
"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.
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
"Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.
Therfor euery man that schal knouleche me bifore men, Y schal knouleche hym bifor my fadir that is in heuenes.
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven.
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
If you tell others that you belong to me, I will tell my Father in heaven that you are my followers.
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.
"Whoever acknowledges me in the presence of others I will also acknowledge in the presence of my Father in heaven.
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.
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.
Wherefore, whoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse mee before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.
"Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
"Whoever makes Me known in front of men, I will make him known to My Father in heaven.
"Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven;
Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse me before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.
Everyone therefore who will acknowledge me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also, will confess, him, before my Father who is in the heavens;
Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;
Euery one therfore, that shall confesse me before men, hym wyll I confesse also, before my father, which is in heaues.
"Those who declare publicly that they belong to me, I will do the same for them before my Father in heaven.
“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
"Therefore everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven.
Then everyone who shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in Heaven.
`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;
Therfore whosoeuer knowlegeth me before me, him wil I knowlege also before my father which is in heauen.
Whosoever therefore shall own me before men, him will I own likewise before my father who is in heaven.
"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?
"Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
Luke 12:8,9">[xr] "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
"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.
"Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
"Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
Contextual Overview
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
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
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 âconfessâ and âprofess,â 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 âdisown all connection with us,â 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.
