Acknowledge Christ Before Men

⁸ “And I tell you, ^(A)everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge ^(B)before the angels of God,

^32 (A)So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, ³³ but ^(B)whoever denies me before men, ^(C)I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

^23 (A)No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

⁹ because, if ^(A)you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and ^(B)believe in your heart ^(C)that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

¹⁰ Just so, I tell you, there is joy before ^(A)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

¹³ “‘I know where you dwell, ^(A)where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not ^(B)deny my faith^[a] even in the days of Antipas ^(C)my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

⁴ Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not ^(A)soiled their garments, and they will walk with me ^(B)in white, for they are ^(C)worthy. ^5 (D)The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never ^(E)blot his name out of ^(F)the book of life. ^(G)I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, ^(A)that you may be tested, and for ^(B)ten days ^(C)you will have tribulation. ^(D)Be faithful ^(E)unto death, and I will give you ^(F)the crown of life.