“ 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.

“凡在人面前认我的，我在我天上的父面前也必认他；

“所以，凡在人面前认我的，我在我天上的父面前也必认他；

“所以，凡在人面前认我的，我在我天上的父面前也必认他；

“凡公开承认我的，我在天父面前也必承认他；

“凡在人面前承认我的，我在我天父面前也要承认他；

“凡是在人面前承认我的，我在我天上的父面前也将承认他；

「凡在人面前認我的，我在我天上的父面前也必認他；

「所以，凡在人面前認我的，我在我天上的父面前也必認他；

「所以，凡在人面前認我的，我在我天上的父面前也必認他；

「凡公開承認我的，我在天父面前也必承認他；

“凡在人面前承認我的，我在我天父面前也要承認他；

所以凡在人面前承認我的，我在我天上的父面前也必承認他；

「凡是在人面前承認我的，我在我天上的父面前也將承認他；

凡認我於人前、我亦認之於我天父前、

凡認我於人前、我亦認之於我天父前、

凡認我於人前者、我亦認之於我在天之父前、

凡認我於人前者、我亦認之於天父之前、

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

So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,

“ Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

“ Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

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

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

Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

“ Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

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

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

Here is what I will do for anyone who has victory over sin. I will dress that person in white like those worthy people. I will never erase their names from the book of life. I will speak of them by name to my Father and his angels.

Say with your mouth,“ Jesus is Lord.” Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead. Then you will be saved.With your heart you believe and are made right with God. With your mouth you say what you believe. And so you are saved.

“ What about someone who says in front of others that he knows me? I tell you, the Son of Man will say in front of God’s angels that he knows that person.But what about someone who says in front of others that he doesn’t know me? I, the Son of Man, will say in front of God’s angels that I don’t know him.

So don’t be ashamed of the message about our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, his prisoner. Instead, join with me as I suffer for the good news. God’s power will help us do that.

“ The Lord is the God of Israel. He announced,‘ I promised that members of your family line would serve me as priests forever.’ But now the Lord announces,‘ I will not let that happen! I will honor those who honor me. But I will turn away from those who look down on me.

‘ I know that you live where Satan has his throne. But you remain faithful to me. You did not give up your faith in me. You didn’t give it up even in the days of Antipas. Antipas, my faithful witness, was put to death in your city, where Satan lives.

Fight the good fight along with all other believers. Take hold of eternal life. You were chosen for it when you openly told others what you believe. Many witnesses heard you.God gives life to everything. Christ Jesus told the truth when he was a witness in front of Pontius Pilate. In the sight of God and Christ, I give you a command.

“ Then the King will speak to those on his right. He will say,‘ My Father has blessed you. Come and take what is yours. It is the kingdom prepared for you since the world was created.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already made this decision about Jesus. Anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.

I will talk about your covenant laws to kings. I will not be put to shame.