Matthew 10:32-39 - Acknowledging Christ
32 Therefore, everyone who will own me before men I will own before my Father in heaven, 33 but anyone who disowns me before men I will disown before my Father in heaven. 34 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, 36 and a man's enemies will be members of his own family.
37 Anybody who loves father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy of me, 38 and nobody is worthy of me who does not take up his cross and follow me. 39 Anybody who gains his lower life will lose the higher life, and anybody who loses his lower life for my sake will gain the higher life.