The Duty of Confessing Christ. - ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10

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The Duty of Confessing Christ.
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Chapter III.—The Duty of Confessing Christ.

Since, then, He has displayed so great mercy towards us, and especially in this respect, that we who are living should not offer sacrifices to gods that are dead, or pay them worship,⁴³⁴⁴

⁴³⁴⁴ I. omits.
but should attain through Him to the knowledge of the true Father,⁴³⁴⁵

⁴³⁴⁵ I. τῆς ἀληθείας (of truth).
whereby shall we show that we do indeed know Him,⁴³⁴⁶

⁴³⁴⁶ Literally, “what is the knowledge which is towards Him.”
but by not denying Him through whom this knowledge has been attained? For He himself declares, “Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father.”⁴³⁴⁷

⁴³⁴⁷ Matt. x. 32.
This, then, is our reward if we shall confess Him by whom we have been saved. But in what way shall we confess Him? By doing what He says, and not transgressing His commandments, and by honouring Him not with our lips only, but with all our heart and all our mind.⁴³⁴⁸

⁴³⁴⁸ Comp. Matt. xxii. 37.
For He says in Isaiah, “This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”⁴³⁴⁹

⁴³⁴⁹ Isa. xxix. 13.
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