The Bible warns against being ashamed of one's faith in God, emphasizing the importance of openly acknowledging Him. In the Gospels, Jesus cautions that whoever is ashamed of Him will be disowned by Him before the heavenly Father, as seen in Mark 8:38 and Luke 9:26. The apostle Paul, in Romans 1:16, expresses his own confidence in the gospel, unashamed to proclaim it to all. Similarly, Jesus teaches in Matthew 10:32-33 that confessing Him before others is essential, and 1 Peter 4:16 encourages believers to glorify God even in suffering, rather than being ashamed of their faith.
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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.”
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.
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.
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.