Acts 28:22
We desire to hear your opinion concerning this sect. We have knowledge that it is attacked in all places.
Acts 24:14
This I confess to you that according to The Way, which they call a sect, I serve the God of our fathers. I believe all the things written in the law and the prophets.
1 Peter 2:12
Maintain fine behavior among the nations. That way when they speak badly about you, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation (inspection).
1 Peter 3:16
Keep a good conscience. When you are spoken against, those who revile your good manner of life in Christ may be put to shame.
Luke 2:34
Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: This child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel and for a sign that is spoken against.
Acts 16:20-21
They took them to the magistrates and said: These men, being Jews, cause great trouble in our city.
Acts 17:6-7
When they did not find them they dragged Jason and other brothers before the rulers of the city. They said: These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.
Acts 5:17
Then the high priest rose up, and all those of the sect of the Sadducees who were with him were filled with zeal (indignation).
Acts 15:5
The believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stated: It is needed to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.
Acts 24:5-6
We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up sedition (resists lawful authority) among all the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Acts 26:5
They knew me from the beginning. They could testify that I was from the strictest sect of our religion and I lived as a Pharisee.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must be also heresies among you that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.