ὁμολογέω

Matthew 7:23 ὁμολογήσω I will declare

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

Here: Future tense: 'I will declare openly.' It is the same verb Christians used for 'confessing' Jesus. They called him 'Lord, Lord'. Now he gives his own public statement about them, and it works as a verdict.

Matthew 10:32 ὁμολογήσει ὁμολογήσω will confess

Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

Here: "Will acknowledge": to declare openly that one belongs to Jesus. The future tense looks ahead to the moments described in 10:17–20, when disciples will be dragged before councils and governors and have to answer.

Matthew 14:7 ὡμολόγησεν he promised

so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.

Here: Here it means 'publicly pledged' or 'promised'. The verb's root idea is 'to say the same thing', that is, to commit yourself openly to a statement in front of others. The past tense presents the pledge as one finished, decisive act, made in front of the guests.

Luke 12:8 ὁμολογήσῃ ὁμολογήσει may confess, will confess

I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

Here: To openly own someone as your own and declare that you side with him, especially when questioned. It is the language of testimony in court. It has nothing to do with admitting sin.

John 1:20 ὡμολόγησεν ὡμολόγησεν he confessed, confessed

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

Here: "He declared publicly." This is testimony given under official questioning, not an admission of sin. The aorist tense presents it as one definite act on the record.

John 9:22 ὁμολογήσῃ shall confess

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

Here: To say out loud and on the record that something is true and to stand by it. It is a public statement of loyalty, not an admission of sin.

John 12:42 ὡμολόγουν, they were confessing,

Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

Here: This tense describes ongoing action: they kept on not declaring openly where they stood. No object is written. Context supplies 'him' or 'it', meaning that Jesus is the Messiah (9:22).

Acts 7:17 ὡμολόγησεν he agreed

As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

Acts 23:8 ὁμολογοῦσιν confess

For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

Acts 24:14 ὁμολογῶ I confess

I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

Here: A courtroom word. Paul formally admits something before the judge. It is not a confession of sin. He concedes the one part of the charge that is true (he belongs to the Nazarene movement) and then redefines what that means.

Romans 10:9 ὁμολογήσῃς you shall confess

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Here: “You openly acknowledge.” This is a public statement of where you stand, not an admission of guilt. The verb form presents the act as one whole act, so it does not mean the words must be said only once.

Romans 10:10 ὁμολογεῖται is confession

For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

Here: 'It is declared.' This is another impersonal present passive. The content is the acclamation of verse 9, 'Jesus is Lord'. It means openly declaring who you belong to, not admitting your sins.

1 Timothy 6:12 ὡμολόγησας did confess

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

Here: 'You declared': a past, public act of saying aloud where your allegiance lies. It is not an admission of sins.

Titus 1:16 ὁμολογοῦσιν they profess

They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

Here: A public, on-the-record declaration, the word used for confessing allegiance. Present tense: they keep saying it. It sets up the contrast with 'deny' that follows.

Hebrews 11:13 ὁμολογήσαντες having confessed

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Here: To state openly and on the record. It points to real scenes in Genesis where the patriarchs called themselves aliens in front of others (Gen 23:4; 47:9).

Hebrews 13:15 ὁμολογούντων confessing

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

Here: '[Lips] that acknowledge.' Followed by the dative ('to his name'), it echoes the Greek Old Testament idiom for Hebrew hodah, 'give thanks/acknowledge publicly.' So it means both open declaration of loyalty and thanksgiving. It is not confession of sin.

1 John 1:9 ὁμολογῶμεν we shall confess

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Here: 'We acknowledge, own up to.' The present-tense form points to an ongoing habit of honesty, not one single event. It answers the 'if we say we have no sin' of v. 8 and 'we have not sinned' of v. 10, which use a once-off verb of saying.

1 John 2:23 ὁμολογῶν confessing

Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

Here: Literally "to say the same thing": to agree publicly and stand openly with someone. This is the exact opposite of arneomai. Again a present participle: the person who keeps acknowledging the Son.

1 John 4:2 ὁμολογεῖ confesses

By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

Here: To say the same thing as the community and declare it publicly, as a statement of belief and loyalty. It has nothing to do with admitting sin here. Present tense: a habitual, ongoing stance.

1 John 4:3 ὁμολογεῖ confesses

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

Here: To say openly and commit yourself to, to declare where you stand. The present tense describes what a spirit habitually says. It has nothing to do with admitting sin here.

1 John 4:15 ὁμολογήσῃ shall confess

If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

Here: 'Should confess.' It means openly saying, agreeing with and standing behind a statement about Jesus. It is not confessing sins here. The verb form presents the confession as a single, complete act of taking a stand.

2 John 1:7 ὁμολογοῦντες confessing

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Here: Present tense: an ongoing failure to declare publicly. The word means to openly affirm and stand by a statement, a declaration of loyalty. It does not mean admitting wrongdoing.

Revelation 3:5 ὁμολογήσω I will acknowledge

Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.

Here: 'I will acknowledge / openly declare': Christ will publicly own this person as his, as a witness speaks for someone before a court.