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Luke 12:8Luke.12.8

‹Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:›

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je vous le dis, quiconque me confessera devant les hommes, le Fils de l'homme le confessera aussi devant les anges de Dieu;

KJV

‹Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:›

Patristic reading

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  • Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)

    Epistula II ad Corinthios

    γνωμεν δἰ αὐτοῦ τὸν πατέρα τῆς ἀληθείας: τίς ἡ γνῶσις ἡ πρὸς αὐτόν, ἢ τὸ μὴ ἀρνεῖσθαι δἰ Mt, 10, 82; Luke 12, 8 οὖ ἔγνωμεν αὐτόν; λέγει δὲ καὶ αὐτός: Τὸν ὁμολογήσαντά με ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων. e)nw/pion tw=n a)nqrw/pwn AC, om. S. ὁμολογήσω αὐτὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός μου. οὗτος οὖν ἐ…
  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    δων καὶ γυναικῶν ποιήσοιντο, οὐδαμῶς πρὸς τῶν τοσούτων ἐπὶ τὸ φιλοζωῆσαι μὲν ἑλέσθαι, Matt. 10 32f.; LK. 12,8f. καταφρονῆσαι δὲ τῶν περὶ ὁμολογίας καὶ ἀρνήσεως τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεσμῶν ὑπήχθησαν, ἀνδρείῳ δὲ λογισμῷ καὶ φιλοσόφῳ μᾶλλον δὲ εὐσεβεῖ καὶ φιλοθέῳ ψυχῇ πρὸς ἀπάσας τοῦ δι…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    an shall confess him in the glory of His Father, before His angels" [*St. Thomas joins Mk. 8:38 with Lk. 12:8 owing to a possible variant in his text, or to the fact that he was quoting from memory]. Reply to Objection 2: A man's good which, through fame or glory, is in the knowl…

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