Acts 28:22
However, we'd like to hear from you what you believe, because people are talking against this sect everywhere."
Acts 24:14
However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets.
1 Peter 2:12
Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.
1 Peter 3:16
But do this gently and respectfully, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak evil of your good conduct in the Messiah will be ashamed of slandering you.
Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and told Mary, his mother, "This infant is destined to cause many in Israel to fall and rise. Also, he will be a sign that will be opposed.
Acts 16:20-21
They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They are Jews
Acts 17:6-7
When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, "These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too,
Acts 5:17
Then the high priest and all those from the sect of the Sadducees who were with him were filled with jealousy. So they went out,
Acts 15:5
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The gentiles must be circumcised and ordered to keep the Law of Moses."
Acts 24:5-6
For we have found this man a perfect pest and an agitator among all Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader in the sect of the Nazarenes
Acts 26:5
They have known for a long time, if they would but testify to it, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the standards of our strictest religious party.
1 Corinthians 11:19
Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.