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Therefore don`t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed; and hidden, that will not be known.
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Your Reputation is Secure
Commentators like Spurgeon and Barnes explain this as a promise of future vindication. Though your character may be temporarily “covered” by slander, God will ultimately reveal the truth. There will be a “resurrection of reputations” where your integrity is made known and the wickedness of persecutors is exposed. Therefore, you can endure present injustice with hope.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Fear them not, etc. He encouraged them with the assurance that God would protect them and that their truth and innocence would eventually …
Fear them not therefore (μη ουν φοβηθητε αυτους). Repeated in verses 28 and 31 (μη φοβεισθε present middle imperative here in cont…
19th Century
Anglican
Fear them not therefore: for... The words that command them to banish fear look both backward and forward. Why should they be afra…
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Baptist
And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, …
Consideration of how disciples must expect to face persecution makes it necessary to say something about how to handle fear (vv.26–31) and about th…
16th Century
Protestant
Fear them not therefore. When the apostles saw the gospel so greatly despised, and recollected the small number of believers, they might b…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Fear them not, thereforeThat is, be not afraid of men, and of their reproaches and revilings; which our Lord intimat…
Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave an advantage to their enemies, all meddling with…
13th Century
Catholic
The Lord instructed the Apostles concerning their office and their necessary means of livelihood; but now He instructs them concerning their immine…
