Luke 12:8
Good News Translation
"I assure you that those who declare publicly that they belong to me, the Son of Man will do the same for them before the angels of God.

New Revised Standard Version
“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God;

Contemporary English Version
If you tell others that you belong to me, the Son of Man will tell God's angels that you are my followers.

New American Bible
I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I say to you: Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I say to you: Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

Whosoever.

1 Samuel 2:30 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should minister in my sight, for ever. But now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised.

Psalm 119:46 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.

Matthew 10:32,33 Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. . . .

Romans 10:9,10 For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved. . . .

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.

1 John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

Revelation 2:10,13 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death: and I will give thee the crown of life. . . .

Revelation 3:4,5 But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy. . . .

confess.

Matthew 25:31-34 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. . . .

Jude 1:24,25 Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: . . .

Context
Confessing Christ
7Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. 8And I say to you: Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God. 9But he that shall deny me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.…
Cross References
Matthew 8:20
And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Matthew 10:32
Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 15:10
So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

Romans 10:9
For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Revelation 3:5
He that shall overcome shall thus be clothed in white garments: and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. And I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

Luke 12:7
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