8Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. …
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. …
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)We find here, I. A vast auditory that was got together to hear Christ preach. The scribes and Pharisees sought to accuse him , and do him mischief; but the people, who were not under the bias of their prejudices and jealousies, still admired him, attended on him, and did him honour. In the mean time (Luke 12:1), while he was in the Pharisee’s house, contending with them that sought to ensnare him,…
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