Luke 12:8

8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

Ver. 8. Whosoever shall confess me ] Cyprian, reproving the rashness of those Christians that would go on their own accord to the heathen magistrates, professing themselves Christians, whereby they were put to death, hath a good and elegant speech: Confiteri nos magis voluit, quam profiteri. Christ would have us confess him; he saith not profess him. Now he confesseth that doth it being asked, as he professeth that doth it of his own free accord.