Luke 12:4
Good News Translation
"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot afterward do anything worse.

New Revised Standard Version
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

Contemporary English Version
My friends, don't be afraid of people. They can kill you, but after that, there is nothing else they can do.

New American Bible
I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

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Songs 5:1,16 Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved. . . .

Isaiah 41:8 But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:

John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God.

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Isaiah 51:7-13 Hearken to me, you that know what is just, my people who have my law in your heart: fear ye not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies. . . .

Jeremiah 1:8,17 Be not afraid at their presence: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. . . .

Jeremiah 26:14,15 But as for me, behold I am in your hands: do with me what is good and right in your eyes: . . .

Ezekiel 2:6 And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.

Daniel 3:16,17 Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, answered, and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter. . . .

Matthew 10:28 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.

Acts 4:13 Now seeing the constancy of Peter and of John, understanding that they were illiterate and ignorant men, they wondered: and they knew them that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 20:24 But I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course and the ministry of the word which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Philippians 1:28 And in nothing be ye terrified by the adversaries: which to them is a cause of perdition, but to you of salvation, and this from God.

1 Peter 3:14 But if also you suffer any thing for justice' sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their fear: and be not troubled.

Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death: and I will give thee the crown of life.

Context
Fear God Alone
3For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers shall be preached on the housetops. 4And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do. 5But I will shew you whom you shall fear: Fear ye him who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you: Fear him.…
Cross References
Proverbs 29:25
He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.

Jeremiah 41:18
From the face of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ismahel the son of Nathanias had slain Godolias the son of Ahicam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land of Juda.

John 15:13
Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

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