Matthew 10:32

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;

📖 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 who is overcoming -- this one -- shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.
• Rom 10:9-9 : 9 that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved, 10 for with the heart doth `one' believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,
• 1 John 4:15 : 15 whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;
• John 9:22 : 22 These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him -- Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;
• Luke 12:8-9 : 8 `And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God, 9 and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 `Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
• Ps 119:46 : 46 And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell -- where the throne of the Adversary `is' -- and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas `was' my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.
• 1 Tim 6:12-13 : 12 be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses. 13 I charge thee, before God, who is making all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who did testify before Pontius Pilate the right profession,