39 Bible Verses about Being Different

For just as we have many parts united in our physical bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,

so we, though many, are united in one body through union with Christ, and we are individually parts of one another.

For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with Christ.

in other words, that we may be mutually encouraged, while I am with you, by one another's faith, yours and mine.

Yes, indeed, there must be parties among you, in order that people of approved fitness may come to the front among you.

I mean this: As long as the heir is under age he is not a whit better off than a slave, although he is heir of all the property,

there are varieties of service, but the Lord to be served is the same;

I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.

As we have gifts that differ in accordance with the favor God has shown us, if it is that of preaching, let it be done in proportion to our faith;

One kind of splendor belongs to the sun, another to the moon, and another to the stars; yes, one star differs from another in splendor.

There are varieties of gifts, but the Spirit is the same in all;

There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

For if anybody comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one I preached, or you receive another spirit different from the one you did receive or a glad message different from the one you did accept, you listen to it all right!

there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who does all things by putting energy in us all.

Every kind of flesh is different. One kind belongs to men, another to cattle, another to birds, another to fish.

Stop loving the world, or the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,

So let us all who are mature have this attitude. If you have a different attitude, God will make it clear to you.

Even inanimate things, like the flute or the harp, may give out sounds, but if there is no difference in the notes, how can the tune that is played on the flute or the harp be told?

and you pay special attention to the man who wears the fine clothes, and say to him, "Sit here in this fine place," and say to the poor man, "Stand up, or sit there on the floor at my feet,"

but I see another power operating in my lower nature in conflict with the power operated by my reason, which makes me a prisoner to the power of sin which is operating in my lower nature.

fill up my cup of joy by living in harmony, by fostering the same disposition of love, your hearts beating in unison, your minds set on one purpose.

Though He was existing in the nature of God, He did not think His being on an equality with God a thing to be selfishly grasped,

So you, my followers, ought to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is."

But there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is over them all, because He is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him.

And if you practice doing good only to those who do good to you, what credit do you get for that? Even notorious sinners practice the same.

Dear children, let us stop loving with words or lips alone, but let us love with actions and in truth.

So you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it.

For who makes you superior? And what do you have that you did not get from someone? But if you got it from someone, why do you boast as though you had not?

In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself.

But as it now is, there are many parts, but one body.

Therefore: "'Come out of company with them, and separate from them,' the Lord has said, 'And stop touching what is unclean; then I will welcome you,

But I certainly admit this as a fact that in accordance with The Way -- that they call heresy -- I continue to worship the God of my forefathers, and I still believe in everything taught in the law and written in the prophets,

For if I did go crazy, it was for God's glory; and if I am keeping my head cool, it is for your good.

But you, dearly beloved, must continue to build yourselves up on the groundwork of your most holy faith and to pray in the Holy Spirit;

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what is its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, that the world hates you.

but this is not to be the case among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Now faith is the assurance of the things we hope for, the proof of the reality of the things we cannot see.

I wish I could be with you right now and change the tone of my speech, for I do not know which way to turn in your case.

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,