if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
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- WEB If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.
- KJV If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
- NKJV If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
- NASB If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He will also deny us;
- NLT If we endure hardship, we will reign with him. If we deny him, he will deny us.
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If we endure we will reign with Christ; if we deny him, he will deny us. Perseverance leads to glory, while denial brings solemn consequence.
Overview
The hymn continues with promise and warning: faithful endurance issues in reigning with Christ, but persistent denial meets Christ's own disowning, echoing his words in the Gospels. Faithful Christians differ over the precise force of the warning, yet all agree it summons genuine perseverance. The verse holds out both the reward of steadfastness and the danger of apostasy.
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- Rom 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- Matt 10:33But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
- Rev 20:4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
- Luke 12:9But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
- Rev 20:6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
- Rev 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- Luke 9:26If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
- Rev 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
- Matt 26:35Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.
- 1 Pet 4:13–16But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
- 1 Jn 2:22–23Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
- 2 Th 1:4–8That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
- Phil 1:28without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
- Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- Mark 8:38If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
- Rev 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
- Matt 19:28–29Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Rev 3:8I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
- Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- Prov 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Mark 10:33“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,
- Matt 26:75Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- Rev 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
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