Luke 12:8-10

Acknowledge Christ Before Men

8 "And I tell you, f everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge g before the angels of God, 9 but h the one who denies me before men i will be denied g before the angels of God. 10 And j everyone who speaks a word k against the Son of Man l will be forgiven, but the one who m blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

  1. Cross References
    Romans 10:9 - 10
    Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
    Hebrews 10:35
    Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
    Revelation 3:5
    The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
  2. Cross References
    Luke 15:10
    Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
    Matthew 25:31
    When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
    1 Timothy 5:21
    In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
    Revelation 3:5
    The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
  3. Cross References
    2 Timothy 2:12
    If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us.
    2 Peter 2:1
    But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
    1 John 2:23
    No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
    Mark 8:38
    For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  4. Cross References
    Luke 13:25
    When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.
    Matthew 7:23
    And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
    Matthew 25:12
    But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 12:8
    And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 12:31 - 32
    Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
    Mark 3:28 - 30
    Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter.
    Hebrews 6:4 - 6
    For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
    Hebrews 10:26
    For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
    1 John 5:16
    If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life - to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 11:19
    The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.
    John 7:12
    And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray.
    John 9:24
    So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.
  8. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:12 - 13
    I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service.
  9. Cross References
    Acts 7:51
    You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
    Hebrews 10:29
    How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
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