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Luke 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:

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ΛέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.I sayδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youπᾶςpasWhosoeverπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “Whosoever”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.Whosoeverὃςhoswhichὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ὁμολογήσῃhomologēsēshall confessὁμολογέω (homologeō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “shall confess”, a single actionG3670(a) I promise, agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.This verse uses “confess”.shall confessἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ἐμοὶemoimeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “me”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.beforeτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnmenἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “men”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.menκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουanthrōpoua humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.ὁμολογήσειhomologēseiconfessὁμολογέω (homologeō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “confess”, an action still aheadG3670(a) I promise, agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.This verse uses “confess”.confessἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.beforeτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγγέλωνangelōnangelsἄγγελος (angelos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “angels”, the of-formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.the angelsτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of God

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'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,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Young’s Literal Translation

'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,

World English Bible

“ I tell you , everyone who confesses me before men , the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God ;

Darby Translation

But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;

Douay-Rheims

And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

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