he frankly confessed ??he did not deny it, he frankly confessed, "I am not the Christ."

(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ should be excommunicated.

for with his heart man believes and is justified, with his mouth he confesses and is saved.

No one who disowns the Son can possess the Father: he who confesses the Son possesses the Father as well.

You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God,

Whoever confesses that 'Jesus is the Son of God,' in him God remains, and he remains in God;