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SoοὖνeveryoneΠᾶςwhoὅστιςacknowledgesὁμολογήσειmeἐν ἐμοὶbeforeἔμπροσθενpeople,τῶν ἀνθρώπωνI tooκἀγὼwill acknowledgeὁμολογήσωhimἐν αὐτῷbeforeἔμπροσθενmyμουFatherτοῦ πατρόςwhoτοῦisinἐνheaven;οὐρανοῖς
Matthew 10:32
Study it in the app“So everyone who acknowledges me before people, I too will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven;”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 10:32, word by word
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confess
To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
Where else “homologēsei” appears- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen
before, in front of
In front of, before.
Where else “emprosthen” appears- peopleἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appears- I tooκἀγὼkagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears- Fatherπατρόςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears- heavenοὐρανοῖςouranois
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranois” appears
Parallel passages
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Acknowledging or denying Jesus
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Matthew 10:32-33
32So everyone who acknowledges me before people, I too will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven; 33but whoever denies me before people, I too will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
38For whoever is 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 the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
26For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and that of the Father and of the holy angels.
8And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man also will acknowledge him before the angels of God; 9but the one who denies me before people will be denied before the angels of God.
The context
31So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 · This verse (above)
33but whoever denies me before people, I too will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
To study Matthew 10 in a group
1. What it says
What instructions did Jesus give the twelve when he sent them out (vv. 7–10)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus say not to be afraid, even while he announces that there will be opposition (vv. 26–31)?
3. How I live it
Jesus says whoever gives a cup of cold water will not lose their reward (v. 42). Whom can you serve this way today?