And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, I am not the Christ.

His parents spoke these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

And many who believed came and confessed and showed their deeds.

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

These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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