Acts 24:14

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Summary

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

I confess

Matthew 10:32

After

Acts 9:2

Acts 19:9

2 Peter 2:2

Heresy

2 Peter 2:1

The god

2 Timothy 1:3

Believing

In the law

Bible References

I confess

"Therefore whoever acknowledges me before men, him I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.

After

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

But when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them, and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled.

Heresy

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,

Warn a man who is factious once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him,

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

The god

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

The God of our fathers raised Jesuswhom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.

'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.

Believing

Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; you shall listen to everything he tells you.

Of him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

When they had appointed a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he explained the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

You search the Scriptures, because in them you think that you have eternal life; and these are they that testify of me.

seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

In the law

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

But now the righteousness of God has been revealed apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,