Matthew 10:32

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Whosoever	Πᾶς Pas	G3956	all · adjective — nominative singular masculine
therefore	οὖν oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
shall confess	ὁμολογήσει homologēsei	G3670	to assent · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person singular
me	ἐμοί emoí	G1698	to me
before	ἔμπροσθεν emprosthen	G1715	in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or ti… · preposition
men	ἀνθρώπων, anthrōpōn	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — genitive plural masculine
him	αὐτῷ autō	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
will	ὁμολογήσω homologēsō	G3670	to assent · verb — future active indicative, 1st person singular
I	κἀγώ kagṓ	G2504	so also the dative case
confess	ὁμολογέω homologéō	G3670	to assent
also	κἀγώ kagṓ	G2504	so also the dative case
before	ἔμπροσθεν emprosthen	G1715	in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or ti… · preposition
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
Father	πατρός patros	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
which is	τῶν tōn	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — genitive plural masculine
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
heaven	οὐρανοῖς. ouranois	G3772	the sky · noun — dative plural masculine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Revelation 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…
Luke 12:8-9 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
Romans 10:9-10 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 shal…
1 John 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
2 Timothy 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 ac…
1 Samuel 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 t…
Revelation 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…
Matthew 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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:16–end

All these verses relate to the sufferings of Christ's ministers in their work, which they are here taught to expect, and prepare for; they are directed also how to bear them, and how to go on with their work in the midst of them. This part of the sermon looks further than to their present mission; for we find not that they met with any great hardships or persecutions while Christ was with them, nor were they well able to bear them; but they are here forewarned of the troubles they should meet with, when after Christ's resurrection, their commission should be enlarged, and the kingdom of heaven, which was not at hand, should be actually set up; they dreamed of nothing then, but outward pomp a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 10:32

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men--despising the shame. him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven--I will not be ashamed of him, but will own him before the most august of all assemblies.

John Gill on Matthew 10:32

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,.... The confession of Christ here, more especially designed, does not so much intend, though it may include, that which is less public, and is necessary to be made by every believer in Christ: for it is not enough to believe in him, with the heart, but confession of him must also be made with the mouth; and which lies in ascribing their whole salvation to him, giving him the glory of it; declaring their faith in him to others, and what he has done for their souls; and subjecting themselves to his ordinances, and joining in fellowship with his church and people: which confession, as it ought to be both by words and deeds, and to be hearty and s…

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John Calvin on Matthew 10:32-36

Matthew 10:32-35 Matthew 10:32-35 Mark 8:38 Luke 9:26 32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father, who is in heaven. 33. And whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father, who is in heaven. 34. Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35. For I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And the persons of a man's household shall be his enemies. 38. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man…

The Church Fathers

He, moreover, affirms also that to no man is the Father known, but to His Son; and promises that, as the Son of the Father, He will confess those who confess Him, and deny those who deny Him, before His Father.
— Tertullian, Against Praxeas

This He says in conclusion, because it behoves them after being confirmed by such teaching, to have a confident freedom in confessing God. This teaches us, that in what measure we have borne witness to Him upon earth, in the same shall we have Him to bear witness to us in heaven before the face of God the Father.
— Hilary of Poitiers ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

The prize is superior insofar as it comes from God. It is not the same thing to acknowledge in a human manner and to be acknowledged in God's manner.… The believer then must acknowledge God with both heart and mouth. "For one believes with one's heart and so is justified, and one confesses with his one's lips and so is saved."
— Apollinaris of Laodicea, FRAGMENT 56.2

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Apostle — A person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus Christ, the Sent of the Father (Heb. 3:1; John 20:21). It is, however, generally used as…
Apostles, The · Warned against a timid profession of Christ — Warned against a timid profession of Christ
Commandments · DISCOURSE — DISCOURSE
Confessing Christ · Ensures his confessing us — Ensures his confessing us
Confession · OF CHRIST — OF CHRIST
Decision · EXHORTATION TO — EXHORTATION TO
Discipleship · Tests of — Tests of
Heaven · 2:4;11:4;20:6;33:13;102:19;103:19;113:5;123:1;135:6; — 2:4;11:4;20:6;33:13;102:19;103:19;113:5;123:1;135:6;
Missionaries, All Christians Should Be As · In openly confessing Christ — In openly confessing Christ
Reward · 8:33; — 8:33;
Testimony · RELIGIOUS — RELIGIOUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 10:32

John Gill on Matthew 10:32

John Calvin on Matthew 10:32-36

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 10:32

John Gill on Matthew 10:32

John Calvin on Matthew 10:32-36

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 10:32-33