47 Bible Verses about Being Different

For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body -- though many -- are one body, so too is Christ.

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another's faith, both yours and mine.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?"

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The glory of the heavenly body is one sort and the earthly another.

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did.

All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

Then the spirit of the Lord will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.

"This is what he told me: 'The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will differ from all the other kingdoms. It will devour all the earth and will trample and crush it.

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?

do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, "You sit here in a good place," and to the poor person, "You stand over there," or "Sit on the floor"?

But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.

complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

"Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,

Come, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other."

who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it.

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.

So now there are many members, but one body.

Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, because I am perplexed about you.

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,