'Confessing' in the Bible

And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.

But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.