30 Bible Verses about division
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that there might be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same mutual concern for one another.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and revolts against the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them.
for there must be factions among you, whereby it will appear who among you are the approved.
these are they who distinguish themselves, though they are sensual, and have nothing that is spiritual.
do you imagine that my coming will produce peace on the earth? I tell you, no; but rather division.
for first, I hear, that when you come together in the church, you fall into parties; and I believe it is true of some of you.
if a family be divided against it self, it is impossible for it to subsist.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to maintain all the same doctrine, to suffer no divisions among you; but to be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
now Zachary was to officiate in divine service, in the order of his family,
for the future, if there are five persons in one family, they will be divided; three against two, and two against three.
and I of Christ." is the school of Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
for the word of God is active and efficacious, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even to the division of soul and spirit, to the smallest and most inward parts, distinguishing the thoughts, and intentions of the heart.
don't imagine that I am come to bring peace upon the earth: I came not to bring peace, but war.
for God is not the God of confusion, but of peace, in all christian assemblies.
the father will be at variance with his son, and the son with the father: the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother: the mother-in-law with the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with the mother-in-law.
then all nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
thereupon some of the Pharisees said, this man has no divine mission, because he does not observe the sabbath. but said others, if he be an impostor, how can he do such miracles? and there was a schism among them.
There was another schism therefore among the Jews, occasion'd by this discourse.
Jesus perceiving what they surmized, said to them, any kingdom once divided against itself will soon be desolate: nor can any city or house divided against itself, long subsist.
brutality, idolatry, poisoning, enmities, quarrels, emulations, animosities, strife, seditions, factions, envyings,
I am come to purify the earth with fire, and how do I wish it were already kindled?
the younger of which said to his father, father, give me that portion of the estate which falls to my share. accordingly he divided his estate among them.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
When the son of man shall come in his majesty, accompanied with all his holy angels, he shall sit upon the throne of his glory. then all nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats. and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
but whosoever shall renounce me before men, him will I also renounce before my father who is in heaven. don't imagine that I am come to bring peace upon the earth: I came not to bring peace, but war. my coming will occasion discord between the son and his father, between the daughter and her mother, between the daughter in law and her mother in law: read more.
even a man's own domestics shall prove his foes.
I am come to purify the earth with fire, and how do I wish it were already kindled? the baptism, which I am to undergo, how do I long till it be accomplished? do you imagine that my coming will produce peace on the earth? I tell you, no; but rather division. read more.
for the future, if there are five persons in one family, they will be divided; three against two, and two against three. the father will be at variance with his son, and the son with the father: the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother: the mother-in-law with the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with the mother-in-law.
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
Jesus perceiving what they surmized, said to them, any kingdom once divided against itself will soon be desolate: nor can any city or house divided against itself, long subsist. if satan expels satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom last? and if I by Beelzebub exorcize devils, by whom do your children exorcize them? wherefore even they shall be your judges. read more.
but if I exorcize devils by the spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is set up among you.
but Jesus perceiving their suspicions, said to them, every kingdom divided against itself will soon be desolate: one family divided against another, falls to ruin. so if satan be divided against himself, how can his kingdom subsist? for you assert, that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. but if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? wherefore they shall be your judges. read more.
but if I cast out demons by the finger of God, it follows, that the reign of the Messiah is now begun among you.
Division » Who is divided
for you are still subject to your passions. since envy, and strife, and divisions are among you, are you not actuated by the vices of the animal part? while one cries I am Paul's disciple, and another, I am Apollo's, are ye not vicious? who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye have received faith according to the divine gifts imparted to each of them? read more.
I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase. so then, neither is he that planted any thing, nor he that watered: it is God only that gives the increase. he that planteth, and he that watereth, have the same design: and each shall receive his proper reward, in proportion to his own labour. For we are fellow labourers employed by God: you are his field, and his mansion.
Now in what I am going to say, I do not commend you, because your assemblies are not to your advantage, but to your prejudice. for first, I hear, that when you come together in the church, you fall into parties; and I believe it is true of some of you. for there must be factions among you, whereby it will appear who among you are the approved. read more.
when you thus assemble therefore, this is not eating the Lord's supper. for in eating every one strives to take his own supper first, and while one is hungry, another is surfeited.
Division » Not being divided
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to maintain all the same doctrine, to suffer no divisions among you; but to be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment. for I have been inform'd, my brethren, by some of Chloe's family, that there are contentions among you. I mean that one or other of you cries out "I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, read more.
and I of Christ." is the school of Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized into the name of Paul? I thank God, I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius: lest any should say, I had baptized into mine own name. true, I baptized the family of Stephanas: but I don't know that I baptized any other besides. for Christ did not send me to baptize: but to preach the gospel: tho' not with the preaching of the wise, lest the cross of Christ should have been hinder'd in its efficacy.
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5However some that arrived from Judea, told the Gentile converts, unless you are circumcised agreeably to the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to maintain all the same doctrine, to suffer no divisions among you; but to be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13and I of Christ." is the school of Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17but Jesus perceiving their suspicions, said to them, every kingdom divided against itself will soon be desolate: one family divided against another, falls to ruin.