But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which were written in the Law and the Prophets.

1. There is one point to which Paul will agree and confess.

2. Paul is a part of the Way (which they call a sect).

1. The Way - Jesus is the Way. (John 14:6) Many turned this into a term similar to sect. It was used out of derision, but Paul used it as proper term.

2. Paul does deny that the church is a sect.

3. Thayer says that this word means - " dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims." The Pharisees were a sect of the Jews. Christianity is not a sect.

3. Paul then affirms that he believes all things written in the Law (the five books of Moses) and the Prophets (the other inspired writings of the Old Testament).

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Old Testament