Matthew 10:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Fearless Confession of Christ Demanded.

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Matthew 10:26-27

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.

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