KJV King James Version
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
WEB World English Bible
Don’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.
ASV American Standard Version
And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.
Surrounding context — Matthew 10
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandμὴG3361 · mēnotφοβεῖσθεG5399 · phobeōto fearἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀποκτεννόντωνG615 · apokteinōto killτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσῶμα,G4983 · sōmabodyτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenψυχὴνG5590 · psuchēsoulμὴG3361 · mēnotδυναμένωνG1410 · dunamaibe ableἀποκτεῖναι·G615 · apokteinōto killφοβεῖσθεG5399 · phobeōto fearδὲG1161 · dethenμᾶλλονG3123 · mallonmoreτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoδυνάμενονG1410 · dunamaibe ableκαὶG2532 · kaiandψυχὴνG5590 · psuchēsoulκαὶG2532 · kaiandσῶμαG4983 · sōmabodyἀπολέσαιG622 · apolluōto destroyἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongγεέννῃ.G1067 · geennahell: Gehenna
Cross-references
Luke 12:4-5And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.Isaiah 8:12-13Say ye not, A confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.Revelation 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.James 4:12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?Romans 8:35-39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Ecclesiastes 8:12-13Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:Isaiah 51:12I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [which] shall be made [as] grass;Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?Revelation 20:10-15And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.Hebrews 12:28-29Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:1 Peter 3:14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;Ecclesiastes 5:7For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.Acts 20:23-24Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.Isaiah 66:2For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Isaiah 51:7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.2 Timothy 4:6-8For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.2 Thessalonians 1:8-10In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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