and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [as they] confessed their sins.

And he confessed--and he did not deny, and confessed--"I am not the Christ!"

For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father [either]; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.