Matthew 10:32

Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples during the commissioning speech of Matthew 10, immediately after assuring them of their worth (v. 31) and immediately before the denial clause (v. 33).

The words — ὁμολογῆσει (homologēsei, G3670) is literally "to say the same thing," the root of "homologoumenon" (creed/confession); it carries the sense of public alignment, not mere verbal acknowledgment.

The thread — Luke 12:8 parallels the verse with the Son of Man confessing before the angels of God; Romans 10:9 gives the Pauline formula (mouth confesses, heart believes); Revelation 3:5 states the positive outcome as the name remaining in the Book of Life.

Why it lands — The verse makes public identification with Jesus a matter of eschatological consequence, not social convenience. It asks the reader to weigh what they will say under pressure against a judgment that is already framed.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
Luke 12:8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
1 John 4:15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
2 Timothy 1:8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
Revelation 2:13 I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
John 9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.