'Acknowledge' in the Bible

"Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

"But I tell you, the Son of Man will acknowledge before God's angels everyone who acknowledges me before people.

"Your Excellency Felix, since we are enjoying lasting peace because of you, and since reforms for this nation are being brought about through your foresight, we always and everywhere acknowledge it with profound gratitude.

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or a spiritual person, he must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.

I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every blessing that is ours in the Messiah.

But every spirit who does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist. You have heard that he is coming, and now he is already in the world.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world. They refuse to acknowledge Jesus the Messiah as having become human. Any such person is a deceiver and an antichrist.

The person who conquers in this way will wear white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.