Matthew 10:26-33 - Fear God Rather Than People

²⁶ fear them not therefore: for there is nothing hid that shall not be revealed; or secret that shall not be made known. ²⁷ what I tell you in private, declare it in publick: and what is whisper'd in the ear, proclaim from the battlements of the house. ²⁸ fear not those who can only kill the body, but cannot hurt the soul: rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. ²⁹ are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? yet not one of them shall lose its life independently of your father, ³⁰ by whom the very hairs of your head are all numbred: ³¹ lay aside then your fears, ye are of a superior rank to those animals.

³² Whosoever therefore shall own me before men, him will I own likewise before my father who is in heaven. ³³ but whosoever shall renounce me before men, him will I also renounce before my father who is in heaven.

⁴ As for you, my friends, be not afraid of those, who can kill the body, and after that can effect nothing more. ⁵ but I will inform you whom you should fear: fear him, who after he has kill'd, has power to precipitate into hell; yes, I advise you, fear him. ⁶ are not five sparrows sold for two pence? however the divine providence extends to each of them. ⁷ nay, the very hairs of your head can't fall without being number'd: be not then afraid; there is no comparison between you and sparrows.