Matthew 10:32

32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

32 “Therefore, everyone who 10:32 Lit will confess in Meconfesses Me before people, I will also confess 10:32 Lit in himhim before My Father who is in heaven.

32 “Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.

32 “Therefore, the one who 10:32 The word “confess” used in conjunction with “before” connotes a legal statement or a testimony in a legal setting.confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven.

32Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

32“What if someone says in front of others that they know me? I will also say in front of my Father who is in heaven that I know them.