Matthew 10:33

Matthew 10:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
• New International Version (NIV)But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.

Context of Matthew 10:33

31So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. 32“Therefore, the one who confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven. But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven. 34“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief]. 35For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Matthew 10:33 word by word

ὅστις δ᾽ ἂν ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀρνήσομαι κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whosoeverὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• shall denyἀρνέομαιarneomai · to denyG720
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
• menὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• I alsoκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772

Cross-references for Matthew 10:33

• Matthew 26:70But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.”
• Mark 14:30Jesus said to him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you will deny [that you even know] Me three times.”
• Luke 9:26For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and the glory of the [heavenly] Father and of the holy angels.
• Luke 12:9But he who denies Me before men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
• 2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He will also deny us;
• 2 Peter 2:1But [in those days] false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will subtly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
• 1 John 2:23Whoever denies and repudiates the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses and acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Commentaries on Matthew 10:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Whosoever shall deny me - Whosoever prefers his worldly interest to his duty to God, sets a greater value on earthly than on heavenly things, and prefers the friendship of men to the approbation of God. Let it be remembered, that to be renounced by Christ is to have him neither for a Mediator nor Savior. To appear before the tribunal of God without having Christ for our Advocate, and, on the contrary, to have him there as our Judge, and a witness against…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-42Verses 16-42 Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave advantage to their enemies, all meddling with worldly or political concerns, all appearance of evil or selfishness, and all underhand measures. Christ foretold troubles, not only that the troubles might not be a surprise, but that they might confirm their faith. He tells them what they should suffer, and from whom. Thus Christ has dealt fairly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33God accepts those who publicly acknowledge Jesus in times of trial and persecution (Matthew 10:16–25). These verses describe a person’s overall way of life, not just a single confession or denial (see 7:13–27). For example, Judas sometimes acknowledged Jesus but was still condemned (26:23–24). Peter denied Jesus (see 26:69–75), but he was restored and saved.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. 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).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 10:33

• Commandments
• Confession
• Discipleship
• God
• Heaven
• Jesus Continued
• Minister, Christian
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Confess
• Darkness
• Freely
• Hell
• Preach
• Provide
• Scrip
• Set
• Sword
• Tolerable

Commentaries on Matthew 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings