1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must also be factions among you, so that the genuine may become apparent among you.
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they were of us, they would have continued with us, but--so that they might be made known, that they are not all of us.
Deuteronomy 13:3
thou shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams, for LORD your God proves you, to know whether ye love LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Matthew 18:7
Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes.
Luke 17:1
And he said to his disciples, It is impossible for the stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come!
Acts 20:30
And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Titus 3:10
Shun a factious man after a first and second admonition,
Luke 2:35
(and also of thee, a sword will pierce through thine own soul), so that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.
Acts 5:17
But after rising up, the high priest and all those with him (being the sect of the Sadducees) were filled of envy.
Acts 15:5
But some of the men who believed from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a plague, who even instigates sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
Acts 24:14
But this I confess to thee, that according to the Way that they call a sect, so serve I the paternal God, believing all things written according to the law and the prophets,
Acts 26:5
having known me previously from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Acts 28:22
But we think it worthy to hear from thee what thou think. For indeed about this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.
2 Corinthians 13:5-7
Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or know ye not yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless ye are test-failing something.
Galatians 5:20
idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissentions, factions,
1 Timothy 4:1-2
But the Spirit says expressly that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 Peter 2:1-2
But FALSE prophets also developed among the people, as FALSE teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.