30 Bible Verses about division
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That there might be no schism in the body, but that the members might have the same care for each other:
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.
For there must be heresies also among you, that the approved among you may be manifest).
These are they who separate themselves, sensual, not having the Spirit.
Suppose ye that I am come to send peace upon earth? I tell you, Nay, but rather division.
For first, when ye come together in the church, I hear there are schisms among you, (and I partly believe it.
And if an house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together, in the same mind and in the same judgment.
And while he executed the priest's office before God,
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder both of the soul and spirit, both of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I am not come to send peace, but a sword.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
And all nations shall be gathered before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats.
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner, do such miracles?
This commission have I received of my Father. There was again a division among the Jews, because of these sayings.
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not be established.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. And all nations shall be gathered before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats. And he will set the sheep on his right-hand, and the goats on the left.
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I am not come to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law. read more.
And the foes of a man shall be they of his own houshold.
I am come to send fire on the earth. And what do I desire? That it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with: and how am I straitned till it be accomplished! Suppose ye that I am come to send peace upon earth? I tell you, Nay, but rather division. read more.
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not be established. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. read more.
But if it be by the Spirit of God that I cast out devils, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
But he knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan then be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? Because ye say, that I cast out devils by Beelzebub. And if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? read more.
Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Division » Who is divided
For ye are still carnal: for while there is among you emulation, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? read more.
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. But he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and every one shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour. For we are fellow-labourers of God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
But in this which I declare, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first, when ye come together in the church, I hear there are schisms among you, (and I partly believe it. For there must be heresies also among you, that the approved among you may be manifest). read more.
Therefore when ye come together into one place, it is not eating the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before another his own supper, and one is hungry, another drinks largely.
Division » Not being divided
Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together, in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it hath been declared to me of you, my brethren, by them of the family of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, every one of you saith, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. read more.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? I thank God, that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Caius: Lest any should say, that I had baptized in my own name. I baptized also the family of Stephanas. I know not that I baptized any other. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel; but not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5But certain men coming down from Judea taught the brethren, Except ye be circumcised, after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together, in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17But he knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falleth.