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he who denies me before men will be denied
"I will deny before the angels of God that I know anyone who denies me" or "I, the Son of Man will deny before the angels of God that I know anyone who denies me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)
denies me
"claims that he does not know me" or "claims that he is not my disciple"
before men
where people can hear
will be denied
"will be treated as though I do not know him" or "will be treated as if he is not my disciple"