Matthew 10:32

American Standard Version (1901)

Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁμολογήσω κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.

Transliteration

Everyone oun whoever homologēsei in me emprosthen of-the anthrōpōn, homologēsō I-also in him emprosthen of-the Patros of-me the (one) in ouranois.

Grammar Details

• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *homologēsei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will confess/acknowledge
• *emprosthen*: preposition + genitive - before/in presence of
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive masculine plural - of men/people
• *homologēsō*: future active indicative, 1st singular - I will confess/acknowledge
• *Patros*: genitive masculine singular - of Father
• *ouranois*: dative masculine plural - in heavens

Word Meanings

• *homologēsei*: will confess/acknowledge/profess
• *emprosthen*: before/in presence of/in front of
• *anthrōpōn*: men/people/mankind
• *homologēsō*: I will confess/acknowledge/profess
• *Patros*: Father/ancestor
• *ouranois*: heavens/sky/the above

Referenced Verses

• Rev 3:5 : 5 He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
• Rom 10:9-9 : 9 because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: 10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;
• 1 John 4:15 : 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
• John 9:22 : 22 These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him [to be] Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
• Luke 12:8-9 : 8 And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 9 but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• Ps 119:46 : 46 I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I know where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.
• 1 Tim 6:12-13 : 12 Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. 13 I charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;