30 Bible Verses about division

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1 Corinthians 12:25

that there may be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same anxious care, one for another;

Jude 1:19

These are they who separate themselves, animal, not having the Spirit.

Luke 12:51

Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I toll you, No; but rather dissension.

1 Corinthians 11:18

For, in the first place, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are schisms among you, and I partly believe it:

John 7:43

So there was a division among the multitude because of him.

Luke 1:8

It came to pass, while he was officiating as priest before God, in the order of his class, that,

Luke 12:52

For from this time forth there shall be five in one house at variance, three with two, and two with three.

1 Corinthians 1:13

Is the Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were you immersed into the name of Paul?

Mark 3:24

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.

John 10:19

Again, therefore, there was a division among the Jews, on account of these words.

Matthew 12:25

But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And no city or house divided against itself shall stand.

Luke 12:49

I have come to send fire on the earth; and how greatly do I wish that it were already kindled!

Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of the property that falls to me. And he divided his estate between them.

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Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing

Matthew 25:31-33

When the Son of man shall come in his own glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his own glory; and all nations shall be gathered before him; and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

Matthew 10:33-36

But whoever will deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword. For I have 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 a man's enemies shall be those of his own household.

Luke 12:49-53

I have come to send fire on the earth; and how greatly do I wish that it were already kindled! I have an immersion with which to be immersed, and how distressed I am till it be accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I toll you, No; but rather dissension. read more.
For from this time forth there shall be five in one house at variance, three with two, and two with three. The father shall be at variance with the son, and the son with the father; the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother; the mother-in-law with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.

Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself

Matthew 12:25-28

But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And no city or house divided against itself shall stand. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason, they shall be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already come upon you.

Luke 11:17-20

But, knowing their purpose, he said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation; and a house that is divided against a house, falls. If Satan be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? For you say, that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then has the kingdom of God already come upon you.

Division » Who is divided

1 Corinthians 3:3-9

for you are yet carnal. For, since envy and strife and divisions are among you, are you not carnal, and do you not walk as men? For when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are you not carnal? Who, then, is Paul? and who is Apollos? Ministers by whom you have believed, even as the Lord gave to each one. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered: but God made to grow. So, neither he that plants nor he that waters is any thing: but God that makes to grow. But he that plants and he that waters are one; and each one shall receive his own reward, according to his own labor. For we are fellow-laborers for God: you are God's field, you are God's building.

1 Corinthians 11:17-21

But I praise you not in this, which I now mention, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are schisms among you, and I partly believe it: for there must be sects among you, that the approved may be made known among you. read more.
"When, therefore, you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's supper; for each one, in eating, takes before another, his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

Division » Not being divided

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Now, I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you, but that you be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment. For it has been made known to me concerning you, my brethren, by the family of Cloe, that there are contentions among you. I mean this: that each one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ. read more.
Is the Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were you immersed into the name of Paul? I thank God that I immersed none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; that no one may say that I immersed into my own name. I did, in deed, immerse the household of Stephanus; besides, I know not whether I immersed any other. For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of the Christ should be deprived of its power.

Topics on Division

Division Among Christians

Acts 15:1-5

And certain men came down from Judea, and taught the brethren, saying: Unless you be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you can not be saved.

Divisions, Contrary To

1 Corinthians 1:13

Is the Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were you immersed into the name of Paul?

Weakness In Division

Luke 11:17

But, knowing their purpose, he said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation; and a house that is divided against a house, falls.

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