Have No Fear

“I tell you, my friends, (A)do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him (B)who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell.[a] Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?[b] And (C)not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, (D)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; (E)you are of more value than many sparrows.

Acknowledge Christ Before Men

“And I tell you, (F)everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge (G)before the angels of God, but (H)the one who denies me before men (I)will be denied (J)before the angels of God. 10 And (K)everyone who speaks a word (L)against the Son of Man (M)will be forgiven, but the one who (N)blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11 (O)And when they (P)bring you before the synagogues and (Q)the rulers and (R)the authorities, (S)do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, 12 (T)for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:5 Greek Gehenna
  2. Luke 12:6 Greek two assaria; an assarion was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

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