Confessing Christ
Luke 12:8
In 9 translations
- BSB
- I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
- KJV
- Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
- WEB
- “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
- ASV
- And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
- LSV
- And I say to you, everyone who may confess in Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess in him before the messengers of God,
- YLT
- 'And I say to you, Every one — whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,
- DBY
- But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;Elohim
- DRC
- And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.
- GNV
- Also I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall confesse mee before men, him shall the Sonne of man confesse also before the Angels of God.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὁμολογήσῃ (“may confess”); Westcott–Hort read ὁμολογήσει (“will confess”).
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- SBLGNT: ὁμολογήσῃ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ὁμολογήσῃ; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ὁμολογήσει.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, πᾶς ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁμολογήσει ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ θεοῦ·
- RP2018
- Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, Πᾶς ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁμολογήσει ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ θεοῦ·
- TR-Boyd
- Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, Πᾶς ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁμολογήσει ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀγγέλων τοῦ Θεοῦ·
- SCR1894
- λεγω δε υμιν πας ος αν ομολογηση εν εμοι εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων και ο υιος του ανθρωπου ομολογησει εν αυτω εμπροσθεν των αγγελων του θεου
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- Matthew 10:32–33Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
- 1 John 2:23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
- Romans 10:9–10that 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. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess…
- 2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
- Luke 15:10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
- Revelation 2:13I 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.
- Revelation 3:4–5But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out…
- Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown…
- Jude 1:24–25Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our…
- Psalms 119:46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
- Matthew 25:31–34When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd…
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, 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…
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