30 Bible Verses about division
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that there is no clash in the body, but its parts all alike care for one another.
I beg you, brothers, to be on the watch for those who introduce divisions and difficulties, in opposition to the instruction that you were given, and to avoid them.
Doubtless there must be parties among you, if those who are right are to be recognized among you.
These are the men who create division; they are animal and devoid of the Spirit.
Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? Not peace, I tell you, but discord!
For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that you divide into sets, and in a measure I believe it.
If a man is inclined to a sect, after warning him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him.
And if a household is disunited, that household cannot last.
But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment.
Once when he was acting as priest before God, when his division was on duty,
For from now on if there are five people in a house they will be divided three against two and two against three.
Christ has been divided up! But was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
For the message of God is a living and active force, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing through soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and keen in judging the thoughts and purposes of the mind.
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.
for God is not a God of disorder but of peace. This is the rule in all Christian churches.
Father will be against son, and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats,
Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.
But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and any city or household that is disunited cannot last.
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party-spirit,
I have come to bring fire down to the earth, and how I wish it were kindled already!
The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the property.' So he divided his property between them.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
"When the Son of Man comes in his splendor, with all his angels with him, he will take his seat on his glorious throne, and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.
but anyone who disowns me before men, I will disown before my Father in heaven. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, read more.
and a man's enemies will be in his own household.
I have come to bring fire down to the earth, and how I wish it were kindled already! I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am till it is over! Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? Not peace, I tell you, but discord! read more.
For from now on if there are five people in a house they will be divided three against two and two against three. Father will be against son, and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and any city or household that is disunited cannot last. If Satan is driving Satan out, he is disunited, and so how can his kingdom last? And if I am driving the demons out by Beelzebub's aid, by whose aid do your sons drive them out? Therefore let them be your judges. read more.
But if I am driving the demons out by the aid of God's Spirit, then the Kingdom of God has overtaken you.
But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and one house falls after another. And if Satan is disunited, how can his kingdom last? Because you say that I drive out demons with Beelzebub's aid. But if it is with his aid that I drive out demons, by whose do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges. read more.
But if it is with the finger of God that I am driving the demons out, then the Kingdom of God has overtaken you.
Division » Who is divided
for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level? For when one man says, "I am a follower of Paul," and another, "I am a follower of Apollos," are you not simply human? What is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Just servants through whom you came to have faith, as the Lord gave each of us opportunity. read more.
I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but it was God who made the plants grow. So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for anything, but only God who makes the plants grow. The planter and the waterer are all one, though each of us will be paid for his own work. For we are fellow-laborers for God, and you are God's farm, God's building.
But while I am on this subject, I cannot approve of your meetings, because they are doing you more harm than good. For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that you divide into sets, and in a measure I believe it. Doubtless there must be parties among you, if those who are right are to be recognized among you. read more.
So when you hold your meetings it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat, for each of you hurries to get his own supper and eat it, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.
Division » Not being divided
But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment. For I have been informed, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that quarrels are going on among you. What I mean is this, that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," another, "And I, of Apollos," another, "And I, of Cephas," and another, "And I, of Christ!" read more.
Christ has been divided up! But was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I am thankful that I never baptized any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one could say that you were baptized in my name. And I did baptize the members of the household of Stephanas too; I do not know whether I baptized anyone else besides. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news??ut not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers that unless they were circumcised as Moses prescribed, they could not be saved.
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13Christ has been divided up! But was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and one house falls after another.