² tn Or “confesses.”

³ tn Grk “confessed the good confession.”

⁷ tn Grk “will confess.”

² tn Grk “of our confession.”

² tn Grk “confesses to salvation.”

² tn Grk “confessed him.”

² tn Grk “testified the good confession.”

¹ tn Grk “confessedly, admittedly, most certainly.”

⁴ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

² tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

³ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

³ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

² tn Grk “I will acknowledge [or, confess] him also.”

³ tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”

¹ sn To confess Christ might well mean rejection by one’s own family, even by parents.

² tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses fraud.

² sn The prophet speaks on behalf of the sinful nation and confesses its sins.

² sn The psalmist’s confession of faith in this verse echoes Exod 34:6.

³ sn The younger son launches into his confession just as he had planned. See vv. 18-19.

¹ tn Or “confesses”; cf. BDAG 708 s.v. ὁμολογέω 4, “to acknowledge someth., ordinarily in public, acknowledge, claim, profess, praise.”