Matthew 10:32

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“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

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  • Rev 3:5 : 5 The one who conquers will be dressed like them in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.
  • Rom 10:9-9 : 9 because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.
  • 1 John 4:15 : 15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.
  • John 9:22 : 22 (His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  • Luke 12:8-9 : 8 “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God’s angels. 9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
  • Ps 119:46 : 46 I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the king will say to those on his right,‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 ‘I know where you live– where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.
  • 1 Tim 6:12-13 : 12 Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,

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    33But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

  • Luke 12:8-10
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    8“I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God’s angels.

    9But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.

    10And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

  • Luke 9:26
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    26For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

  • Mark 8:38
    75%

    38For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

  • 1 John 2:23
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    23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

  • Matt 16:24-25
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    24Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

    25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

  • Phil 2:11
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    11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

  • Mark 14:29-31
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    29Peter said to him,“Even if they all fall away, I will not!”

    30Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, today– this very night– before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

    31But Peter insisted emphatically,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

  • Matt 26:33-35
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    33Peter said to him,“If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”

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    31For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

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    14“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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  • John 12:26
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    26If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

  • Luke 10:22
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    22All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”

  • Matt 10:31
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    31So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

  • Mark 8:34-35
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    34Following Jesus Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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  • Rom 10:9-10
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    9because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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  • 1 John 4:15
    70%

    15If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.

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  • Luke 22:34
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    38Jesus answered,“Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

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    15He said to them,“But who do you say that I am?”

  • Matt 10:26-27
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  • John 10:36
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  • Matt 10:20
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    20For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

  • Mark 3:28
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    70So they all said,“Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them,“You say that I am.”

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    27Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

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    50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”