2017-08-17 20:21:35 +00:00
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# everyone who confesses me ... I will also confess before my Father
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-08-17 20:21:35 +00:00
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"whoever confesses me ... I will also confess before my Father" or "if anyone confesses me ... I will also confess him before my Father"
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# confesses me before men
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"tells others that he is my disciple" or "acknowledges before other people that he is loyal to me"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-07-11 21:45:57 +00:00
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"I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven that that person belongs to me"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# Father
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-07-11 21:45:57 +00:00
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This refers to God the Father. It is best to translate “Father” with the same word that your language uses to refer to a human father.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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