37 Bible Verses about Being Different

In our one body we have a number of members, and the members have not all the same function;

so too, for all our numbers, we form one Body in Christ and we are severally members one of another.

As the human body is one and has many members, all the members of the body forming one body for all their number, so is it with Christ.

There must be parties among you, if genuine Christians are to be recognized.

What I mean is this. As long as an heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a servant, though he is lord of all the property;

varieties of service, but the same Lord;

I have other sheep, too, which do not belong to this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; so it will be one flock, one shepherd.

Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith;

There is a splendour of the sun and a splendour of the moon and a splendour of the stars ??for one star differs from another in splendour.

There are varieties of talents, but the same Spirit;

There are heavenly bodies and also earthly bodies, but the splendour of the heavenly is one thing and the splendour of the earthly is another.

You put up with it all right, when some interloper preaches a second Jesus (not the Jesus I preached), or when you are treated to a Spirit different from the Spirit you once received, and to a different gospel from what I gave you! Why not put up with me?

varieties of effects, but the same God who effects everything in everyone.

Flesh is not all the same; there is human flesh, there is flesh of beasts, flesh of birds, and flesh of fish.

Love not the world, nor yet what is in the world; if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

For all those of our number who are mature, this must be the point of view; God will reveal that to any of you who look at things differently.

Inanimate instruments, such as the flute or the harp, may give a sound, but if no intervals occur in their music, how can one make out the air that is being played either on flute or on harp?

if you attend to the wearer of the handsome clothes and say to him, "Sit here, this is a good place," and tell the poor man, "You can stand," or "Sit there at my feet,"

but then I find quite another law in my members which conflicts with the law of my mind and makes me a prisoner to sin's law that resides in my members.

I pray you to give me the utter joy of knowing you are living in harmony, with the same feelings of love, with one heart and soul,

Though he was divine by nature, he did not set store upon equality with God

You must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that.

My dear children, let us put our love not into words or into talk but into deeds, and make it real.

Now you are Christ's Body, and severally members of it.

Who singles you out, my brother? What do you possess that has not been given you? And if it was given you, why do you boast as if it had been gained, not given?

THE Logos existed in the very beginning, the Logos was with God, the Logos was divine.

As it is, there are many members and one body.

Therefore come away from them, separate, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean; then I will receive you,

I certainly admit to you that I worship our fathers' God according to the methods of what they call a 'sect'; but I believe all that is written in the Law and in the prophets,

'I am beside myself,' am I? Well, that is between myself and God. I am 'sane,' am I? Well, that is in your interests;

But do you, beloved, build up yourselves on your most holy faith and pray in the holy Spirit,

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you.

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Now faith means we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see.

would that I could be with you at this moment, and alter my tone, for I am at my wits' end about you!

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,