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Matthew 10:32

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

KJV

Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁμολογήσω κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς·

Greek NT

Omnis ergo qui confitebitur me coram hominibus, confitebor et ego eum coram Patre meo, qui in cælis est.

Vulgate

Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

ASV

Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔμπροσθεν
emprosthen
adverb · 48×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁμολογέω
omologeo
verb · 26×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἐν | NIV/RP: ἐν | WH/Treg/NA: + τοῖς
  • ἐν — SBLGNT
  • ἐν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + τοῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§14Those who belong to Christ through faith and Baptism must confess their baptismal faith before men.16 First therefore the Catechism expounds revelation, by which God addresses and gives himself to man, and the faith by which man responds to God (Section One). the profession of faith summarizes the gifts that God gives man: as the Author of all that is good; as Redeemer; and as …
§1816The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread it: "All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which the Church never lacks."82 Service of and witness to the faith are necessary for salvation: "So every one who…
§2145The faithful should bear witness to the Lord's name by confessing the faith without giving way to fear.76 Preaching and catechizing should be permeated with adoration and respect for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Then, having rid them of all distress, and fears, and anxiety, and set them above men's reproaches, then, and not till then, He seasonably discourses to them also of boldness in their preaching. For, What I tell you, says He, in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what you have heard in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Matthew 10:27 Yet it was not at all darknes…
Chapter 7.—Of the Death Which the Unbaptized585585 Literally, unregenerate. Suffer for the Confession of Christ. For whatever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism. For He who said, “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the …
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
Heidelberg Catechism · 2 passages
Q. But why are you called a Christian? A. Because by faith I am a member of Christ and so I share in his anointing. I am anointed to confess his name, to present myself to him as a living sacrifice of thanks, to strive with a good conscience against sin and the devil in this life, and afterward to reign with Christ over all creation for all eternity.
Q. What is God's will for us in the third commandment? A. That we neither blaspheme nor misuse the name of God by cursing, perjury, or unnecessary oaths, nor share in such horrible sins by being silent bystanders. In a word, that we use the holy name of God only with reverence and awe, so that we may properly confess him, pray to him, and praise him in everything we do and say.
Finally we believe, according to God's Word, that when the time appointed by the Lord is come (which is unknown to all creatures) and the number of the elect is complete, our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven, bodily and visibly, as he ascended, with great glory and majesty, to declare himself the judge of the living and the dead. He will burn this old world, in fire and …

Cross-references

  • 1John 4:15 — Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
  • 1John 4:15 — Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
  • 1Sam 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I
  • 1Tim 6:12 — Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
  • 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
  • Dan 3:18 — But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
  • Heb 10:35 — Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
  • John 9:22 — These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
  • John 12:42 — Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
  • Luke 9:26 — 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.
  • Luke 12:8 — Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
  • Luke 12:8 — Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
  • Mark 8:38 — 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 hol
  • Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
  • Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
  • Phil 2:11 — And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Ps 119:46 — I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
  • Rev 2:13 — I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was s
  • Rev 3:5 — He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
  • Rev 3:5 — He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
  • Rom 10:9 — 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.
  • Rom 10:9 — 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.
  • Rom 14:11 — For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.