Matthew 10:32

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Who soever therfore shall knowledge me before men hym will I knowledge also before my father which is in heuen.

📖 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 shalbe clothed in whyte araye and I will not put out his name out of the boke of lyfe and I will confesse his name before my father and before his angelles.
• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not a shamed to testyfye oure LORde nether be a shamed of me which am bounde for his sake: but suffre adversite with ye gospell also thorow ye power of god
• Rom 10:9-9 : 9 For yf thou shalt knowledge wt thy mouth that Iesus is the LORde and shalt beleve with thyn hert that God raysed him up from deeth thou shalt be safe. 10 For the belefe of the hert iustifieth: and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe.
• 1 John 4:15 : 15 Whosoever confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of god in him dwelleth god and he in god.
• John 9:22 : 22 Suche wordes spake his father and mother because they feared the Iewes. For the Iewes had conspyred all redy that yf eny man dyd confesse that he was Christ he shuld be excommunicat out of the synagoge.
• Luke 12:8-9 : 8 I saye vnto you: Whosoever confesseth me before men eve him shall ye sonne of man confesse also before ye angels of God. 9 And he that denyeth me before men: shalbe denyed before ye angels of God.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the kynge saye to them on his right honde: Come ye blessed chyldren of my father inheret ye the kyngdo prepared for you from the beginninge of the worlde.
• 1 Tim 6:12-13 : 12 Fyght ye good fyght of fayth. Laye honde on eternall lyfe where vnto thou arte called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 13 I geve the charge in the sight of God which quickneth all thinges and before Iesu Christ which vnder Pocius Pilate witnessed a good witnessinge
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I knowe thy workes and where thow dwellest evyn where Sathans seat ys and thou kepest my name and hast not denyed my fayth. And in my dayes Antipas was a faythfull witnes of myne which was slayne amonge you where sathan dwelleth.