Acts 24:5
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5 We have, in fact, found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.[a](A)
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- 24.5 Gk Nazoreans
Acts 28:22
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22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.”(A)
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Acts 24:14
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14 But this I admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our ancestors, believing everything laid down according to the law or written in the prophets.(A)
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Acts 26:5
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5 They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I have belonged to the strictest sect of our religion and lived as a Pharisee.(A)
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Acts 15:5
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5 But some believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and ordered to keep the law of Moses.”
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1 Corinthians 4:13
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13 when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day.
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Acts 21:28
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28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites,[a] help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place; more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”(A)
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- 21.28 Gk Men, Israelites
Acts 17:6-7
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6 When they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers and sisters before the city authorities, shouting, “These people who have been turning the world upside down have come here also,(A) 7 and Jason has entertained them as guests. They are all acting contrary to the decrees of the emperor, saying that there is another king named Jesus.”(B)
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Acts 16:20-21
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20 When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, “These men, these Jews, are disturbing our city(A) 21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to adopt or observe.”
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Acts 5:17
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17 Then the high priest took action; he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled with jealousy,
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Luke 23:2
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2 They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”[a](A)
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- 23.2 Or is an anointed king
1 Peter 2:19
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19 For it is a commendable thing if, being aware of God, a person endures pain while suffering unjustly.
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1 Peter 2:12-15
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12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.[a](A)
13 For the Lord’s sake be subject to every human authority,[b] whether to the emperor as supreme(B) 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. 15 For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
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