Matthew 10:32-39 - Acknowledging Christ
32 Whosoever therefore shall knowledge me before men, him will I knowledge also before my father which is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my father which is in heaven. 34 Think not, that I am come to send peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth his father or mother more than me, is not meet for me: and he that loveth his son or daughter more than me, is not meet for me. 38 And he that taketh not his cross and followeth me, is not meet for me. 39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.