9But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
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If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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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