Matthew 10:28 “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.…”

Matthew 10:28

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And feare yee not them which kill the bodie, but are nor able to kill the soule: but rather feare him, which is able to destroy both soule and bodie in hell.

Darby Translation

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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.

Bible in Basic English

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

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Cross references

“And”

Revelation 2:10 Romans 8:35–39 Isaiah 51:12 1 Peter 3:14 Isaiah 51:7 2 Timothy 4:6–8

Revelation 2:10 · BSB

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown…

Romans 8:35–39 · BSB

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Isaiah 51:12 · BSB

“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

1 Peter 3:14 · BSB

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

Isaiah 51:7 · BSB

Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

2 Timothy 4:6–8 · BSB

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

“him”

Jeremiah 5:22 Ecclesiastes 5:7 Isaiah 66:2 Psalm 119:120 Ecclesiastes 8:12 Ecclesiastes 8:13

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but ca…

Ecclesiastes 5:7 · BSB

For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

Isaiah 66:2 · BSB

Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

Psalm 119:120 · BSB

My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

Ecclesiastes 8:12 · BSB

Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.

Ecclesiastes 8:13 · BSB

Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

“able”

Revelation 20:10–15 Matthew 25:46 2 Thessalonians 1:8–10 Luke 16:22–26 Mark 9:43–48 John 5:29

Revelation 20:10–15 · BSB

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Matthew 25:46 · BSB

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

2 Thessalonians 1:8–10 · BSB

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Luke 16:22–26 · BSB

One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

Mark 9:43–48 · BSB

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

John 5:29 · BSB

and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Also

James 4:12 Hebrews 10:31 Matthew 5:22

James 4:12 · BSB

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Hebrews 10:31 · BSB

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

Matthew 5:22 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to t…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

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