Matthew 10:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Gehenna).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁸ Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body but can’t kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But instead fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:28 Cross References

2 Kings 17:39

but you shall worship the Lord your God; he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”

Job 37:24

Therefore mortals fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.”

Psalm 119:120

My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

With many dreams come vanities and a multitude of words, but fear God.

Isaiah 51:12

I, I am he who comforts you; why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass?

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts; do not fear the reproach of others, and do not be dismayed when they revile you.

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear me? says the Lord; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

Matthew 10:26

“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered and nothing secret that will not become known.

Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment, and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council, and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.

John 5:29

and will come out: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Hebrews 10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection.

James 4:12

There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. So who, then, are you to judge your neighbor?

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated,

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.