Mat 10:32-33, Luk 12:8-9 | JFB | STEP | 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.

Matthew 10:32-33

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.

33. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven—before that same assembly: "He shall have from Me his own treatment of Me on the earth." (But see on Mt 16:27).

Luke 12:8-9

8, 9. confess . . . deny—The point lies in doing it "before men," because one has to do it "despising the shame." But when done, the Lord holds Himself bound to repay it in kind by confessing such "before the angels of God." For the rest, see on Lu 9:26.