# everyone who confesses me ... I will also confess before my Father "whoever confesses me ... I will also confess before my Father" or "if anyone confesses me ... I will also confess him before my Father" # confesses me before men "tells others that he is my disciple" or "acknowledges before other people that he is loyal to me" # I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven "I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven that that person belongs to me" # Father This refers to God the Father. It is best to translate “Father” with the same word that your language uses to refer to a human father.