29 Bible Verses about division
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But I exhort you, brethren, to mark those who cause divisions and stumblings, contrary to the teaching which you have learned, and depart from them.
For it behooves that heresies should indeed be among you, in order that the approved may be made manifest among you.
These are they who are sidetracking [the people], intellectual, not having the Spirit.
Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I say unto you, Nay, but division.
For in the first place, indeed you coming together, I hear that there are schisms among you; and I in part believe it.
and if a house may be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand;
But I exhort you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you may all speak the same things, and that there may be no schisms among you; but you may be perfected in the same mind and in the same disposition.
And it came to pass, while he was officiating in the order of his course before God,
For from now, there shall be five in one house divided, three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
And if a kingdom may be divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand,
For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and a quick discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
for he is not a God of confusion, but of peace. So in all the churches of the saints,
the father against the son, and the son against the father; and the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.
and all nations shall be gathered before Him: and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats:
Then certain ones of the Pharisees said, This man is not with God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is a wicked man able to do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, animosities, selfseekings, divisions, heresies,
I have come to send fire on the earth; and what do I will, if it is already kindled?
And the younger of them said to the father, Father, give to me the portion of the estate that falls to me. And he immediately divided unto them his living.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
But when the Son of min may come in His glory, and all His angels with Him, then will He sit upon the throne of His glory: and all nations shall be gathered before Him: and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats: and He will place the sheep on His right, and the goats on His left.
But whosoever may deny me before the people, I will also deny him before my Father who is in the heavens. Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I came to divide a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: read more.
and the enemies of a man will be the inmates of his own house.
I have come to send fire on the earth; and what do I will, if it is already kindled? And I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it may be perfected! Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I say unto you, Nay, but division. read more.
For from now, there shall be five in one house divided, three shall be divided against two, and two against three: the father against the son, and the son against the father; and the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? lf I through Beelzebul cast out demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. read more.
But if I through the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you.
And He, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself, comes to desolation, and house falls upon house. And if Satan were indeed divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I am casting out demons through Beelzebul. But if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges: read more.
but if I through the finger of God cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you.
Division » Who is divided
for ye are yet carnal. For where there are envy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and walking about according to man? For when one may say, I am indeed of Paul; another, I am of Apollos; are you not men? Then what is Apollos? and what is Paul? But ministers through whom ye believed; even as the Lord gave to each one. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So neither is the one planting, nor the one watering anything, but God the one giving the increase. But he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's farm; ye are God's building.
And proclaiming this, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. For in the first place, indeed you coming together, I hear that there are schisms among you; and I in part believe it. For it behooves that heresies should indeed be among you, in order that the approved may be made manifest among you. read more.
Therefore you coming together, it is not to eat the Lord's supper: for each one takes his own supper in eating; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Division » Not being divided
But I exhort you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you may all speak the same things, and that there may be no schisms among you; but you may be perfected in the same mind and in the same disposition. For it has been revealed to me concerning you, my brethren, by those who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. And I say this, that each one says, I indeed am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. read more.
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius; in order that no one may say that you are baptized in my name. But I baptized also the family of Stephanas: besides, I know not if I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with the wisdom of speech, in order that the cross of Christ may not be made of none effect.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5And certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the brethren that, Unless you may be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved.
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10But I exhort you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you may all speak the same things, and that there may be no schisms among you; but you may be perfected in the same mind and in the same disposition.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17And He, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself, comes to desolation, and house falls upon house.