Matthew 10:32-39 - Acknowledging Christ
32 Therefore every one who shall confess me before the people, I will also confess him before my Father, who is in the heavens. 33 But whosoever may deny me before the people, I will also deny him before my Father who is in the heavens. 34 Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to divide a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: 36 and the enemies of a man will be the inmates of his own house.
37 He that loveth father and mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whosoever does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. 39 The one having found his soul shall lose it; and the one losing his soul for my sake shall find it.