Confession of Christ Before Men
T. Guthrie, D. D. Luke 12:8 Also I say to you, Whoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: If people are loud in the praise of the physician who has cured them of some deadly malady — recommending others to trust and seek his skill, why should not Christ's people crown Him with equal honours, commend Him to a dying world, and proclaim what He has done for them? Let them say with David, "Come, all ye that fear the Lord, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul"; and tread in the steps of the Samaritan who threw away her pitcher, and running to the city, brought them all out — crying, "Come, see a man who hath told me all things that I have ever done." It is a bad thing ostentatiously to parade religion; but it is a base thing for a Christian man to be ashamed of it: not to stand by his colours; by his silence, if not his speech, to deny his Master; to sneak away, like a coward, out of the fight. (T. Guthrie, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: WEB: "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;