Luke 12:9 But he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. Note here — 1. That not to confess Christ is, in His account, to deny Him and to be ashamed of Him. 2. That whosoever shall deny or be ashamed of Christ, either in His person, in His gospel, or in His members, for any fear or favour of man, shall with shame be disowned and eternally rejected by Him at the dreadful judgment of the great day. Christ may be denied three ways — doctrinally, by an erroneous and heretical judgment; verbally, by oral expressions; vitally, by a wicked and unholy life — but woe to the soul that denies Christ any of these ways. (W. Burkitt.) Parallel Verses KJV: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.WEB: but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God. |
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