Luke 12:5

5 I will show you whom you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the One who can kill the body and also has the power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him.

Luke 12:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 12:5

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear,
I will be your monitor, and direct you to the proper object of fear and reverence, and whom you should be careful to displease and offend:

fear him, which after he hath killed;
your body, as the Persic version adds; hath taken away the life of it, by separating soul and body asunder, by sending one disease or another, or death in one shape or another:

hath power to cast into hell;
your soul, as the above version also adds; yea, to destroy both body and soul in hell, as in (See Gill on Matthew 10:28)

yea, I say unto you, fear him;
and none else, not with a servile, but with a filial fear.

Luke 12:5 In-Context

3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight. What you have whispered to someone behind closed doors will be shouted from the rooftops.

4 "My friends, listen to me. Don't be afraid of those who kill the body but can't do any more than that.

5 I will show you whom you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the One who can kill the body and also has the power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him.

6 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? But God does not forget even one of them.

7 In fact, he even counts every hair on your head! So don't be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.