Verb homologeō (to confess, to profess, to grant) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

7: 23Then I will confess (homologeō) to them, 'I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.'
10: 32"Everyone therefore who professes (homologeō) [to be] with me before others, I also will profess (homologeō) [to be] with him before my Father in heaven;
14: 7so much that he professed (homologeō) on oath to grant her whatever she might ask.

Luke

12: 8"And I tell you, everyone who professes (homologeō) [to be] with me before others, the Son of Man also will profess (homologeō) [to be] with him before the angels of God;

John

1: 20He confessed (homologeō) and did not deny it, but confessed (homologeō), "I am not the Messiah."
9: 22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed (homologeō) Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.
12: 42Nevertheless many, even of the authorities, believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess (homologeō) it, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

Acts

7: 17"But as the time drew near for the promise that God had granted (homologeō) to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased and multiplied
23: 8(The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit; but the Pharisees profess (homologeō) all three.)
24: 14But this I profess (homologeō) to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our ancestors, believing everything laid down according to the law or written in the prophets.

1 John

1: 9If we confess (homologeō) our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2: 23No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses (homologeō) the Son has the Father also.
4: 2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses (homologeō) that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
4: 3and every spirit that does not confess (homologeō) Jesus is not from God. And this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming; and now it is already in the world.
4: 15God abides in those who confess (homologeō) that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God.

2 John

1: 7Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess (homologeō) that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist!