Thematic Bible: Divisions


Thematic Bible



On this, Abraham left the country of the Chaldaeans and settled in Haran; and from there, after his father's death, God caused him to migrate into this very country, in which you are now living.








Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them: "Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtHow Jesus Knows The HeartWeakness In DivisionChrist Knowing About People


For I have been informed, my Brothers, by the members of Chloe's household, that party feeling exists among you. I mean this, that every one of you says either 'I follow Paul,' or 'I Apollos,' or 'I Kephas,' or 'I Christ.' You have rent the Christ in pieces! Was it Paul who was crucified for you? or were you baptized into the Faith of Paul?


You have rent the Christ in pieces! Was it Paul who was crucified for you? or were you baptized into the Faith of Paul? Verse ConceptsDivisions, Contrary ToSchismsBaptised Into ChristChrist Was KilledBaptismdivisiongroups

Yes, God has so constructed the body--by giving a special honor to the part that lacks it- As to secure that there should be no disunion in the body, but that the parts should show the same care for one another.

If, however, any one still thinks it right to contest the point-well, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God. Verse ConceptsDivisions, Contrary ToChurch Of GodWomen's Rolespractice



That they all may be one--that as thou, Father, art in union with us--and so the world may believe that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger. I have given them the honor which thou has given me, that they may be one as we are one-- I in union with them and thou with me--that so they may be perfected in their union, and thus the world may know that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger, and that thou has loved them as thou hast loved me.

Jesus, however, was aware of what was passing in their minds, and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself becomes a desolation, and any town or household divided against itself will not last. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartDisharmonyMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About PeoplePeople Destroying Foreign NationsDisunitydivision


I have other sheep besides, which do not belong to this fold; I must lead them also, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under 'one Shepherd.' Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtMission, Of Jesus ChristOutsidersUnity, God's Goal OfChurch, Unity OfChrist And His SheepDivisions, Contrary ToNames And Titles For The ChurchOne ChurchPaying Attention To GodBeing DifferentothersGod Calling Jew And Gentile


In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was Governor of Judea, Herod Ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip Ruler of the territory comprising Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias Ruler of Abilene, Verse ConceptsCaesarGovernorsLeaders, PoliticalRankTetrarchRoman EmperorsRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers





for then Christ would have had to undergo death many times since the creation of the world. But now, once and for all, at the close of the age, he has appeared, in order to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself. Verse ConceptsAbolitionLast DaysPriesthood, In NtEnd Of The AgesOnceChrist AppearingFrom The BeginningOnly OnceDoing RepeatedlyChrist AtoningRight SacrificesAppointments



and has revealed at his own time in his Message, with the proclamation of which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTPreaching, Importance OfStewardshipA Time Of SalvationEntrustingGod's Things RevealedGod's OrdersTrinityWork EthicSeasons Changingspringtime