14 Bible Verses about Schisms
Most Relevant Verses
so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.
For in the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.
Is the Messiah divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? You weren't baptized in Paul's name, were you?
"No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.
I came to turn "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division!
Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.
Once again there was a division among the Jews because of what Jesus had been saying.
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and sinful enticements that oppose the teaching you have learned. Stay away from them,
Brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, I urge all of you to be in agreement and not to have divisions among you, so that you may be perfectly united in your understanding and opinions.
For when one person says, "I follow Paul," and another person says, "I follow Apollos," you're following your own human nature, aren't you?
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions,
"Let's go attack Judah, let's terrorize it, and let's conquer it for ourselves. Then we'll install Tabeel's son as king!"'