Matthew 10:28
Greek Text— Matthew 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
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Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.
So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.
For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.
“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.
For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed; nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH your God,
Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”
This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.
Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.
“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.
You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.
Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Don’t be afraid of him,’ says Yahweh: ‘for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.