But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
- KJV But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
- NKJV But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.”
- NASB But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for regarding this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”
- NLT But we want to hear what you believe, for the only thing we know about this movement is that it is denounced everywhere.”
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Quick answer
They ask Paul to explain his views, noting that this 'sect' is everywhere spoken against. Curiosity and controversy surround the Christian message.
Overview
The leaders want to hear Paul's own account, acknowledging that the Christian movement is opposed throughout the world. Their words echo the wider hostility the early church faced. Yet their willingness to listen creates the occasion for Paul's fullest recorded gospel presentation to Roman Jews.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Pet 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- Acts 24:14I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- 1 Pet 3:16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
- Acts 16:20–21They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
- Acts 24:5–6We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- Acts 17:6–7But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
- 1 Pet 4:14–16If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- Acts 15:5But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
- Acts 26:5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
- Acts 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
- 1 Cor 11:19And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
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