ἐπαισχύνομαι

Mark 8:38 ἐπαισχυνθῇ ἐπαισχυνθήσεται shall be ashamed of, will be ashamed of

If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

Here: Not only an inner feeling of embarrassment. It means treating someone as a source of disgrace and so refusing to be publicly linked with them. The aorist form looks at the act as a whole, such as a moment of disowning.

Luke 9:26 ἐπαισχυνθῇ ἐπαισχυνθήσεται may have been ashamed of, will be ashamed of

If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

Here: To treat someone as a disgrace to be linked with, and so to back away from him in public. The form looks at a single decision, made in a moment of pressure.

Romans 1:16 ἐπαισχύνομαι I am ashamed of

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Here: Present tense, first person: 'I am not ashamed of'. The word belongs to public honour and disgrace, not just private embarrassment: Paul will not disown the message or back away from it in public, even though it centres on a crucified man.

Romans 6:21 ἐπαισχύνεσθε; you are ashamed?

What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Here: Present tense: 'you are now ashamed.' With their new loyalty, the readers see their former conduct as dishonorable, as something that brings disgrace, where before it seemed attractive or normal.

2 Timothy 1:8 ἐπαισχυνθῇς you may be ashamed of

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

Here: To be ashamed of someone or something, and so to disown it in public or keep your distance from it. The aorist subjunctive after mē is the normal Greek way of saying "don't ever do this."

2 Timothy 1:12 ἐπαισχύνομαι· I am ashamed;

For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

Here: 'I am not ashamed': I do not feel disgraced and I do not disown the cause. This is the same verb Paul has just used telling Timothy not to be ashamed (1:8), and it is used of Onesiphorus, who was not ashamed of his chain (1:16).

2 Timothy 1:16 ἐπαισχύνθη, he was ashamed of,

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

Here: To be ashamed of something and so distance yourself from it in public. Onesiphorus did not treat Paul's imprisonment as a disgrace to be kept away from. He let himself be seen and known as Paul's friend.

Hebrews 2:11 ἐπαισχύνεται He is ashamed

For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

Here: To be ashamed of someone, meaning to disown them publicly because being linked with them would lower your standing. The present tense describes his ongoing stance. The subject is understood to be the Sanctifier (Jesus), which is why the BSB adds "Jesus".

Hebrews 11:16 ἐπαισχύνεται is ashamed of

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Here: In an honor-and-shame culture this means refusing to be publicly linked with someone because the link would cost you honor. To be 'not ashamed of' someone is to own them openly before others.