30 Bible Verses about division
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so that there may be no disunion in the body, but that the various members should have a common concern for one another.
Brothers, I beg of you to keep your eye on those who stir up dissensions and put hindrances in your way, contrary to the doctrine which you have been taught. Avoid them.
There must be parties among you, if genuine Christians are to be recognized.
These are the people who set up divisions and distinctions, sensuous creatures, destitute of the Spirit.
You think I am here to make peace on earth? No, I tell you, it is dissension.
First of all, in your church-meetings I am told that cliques prevail. And I partly believe it.
After a first and a second warning have no more to do with a factious person;
Brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg of you all to drop these party-cries. There must be no cliques among you; you must regain your common temper and attitude.
After this there will be five at issue in one house, three divided against two and two against three,
Has Christ been parcelled out? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Was it in Paul's name that you were baptized?
For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow ??scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.
Do not imagine I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.
for God is a God not of disorder but of harmony. [Move 33b-36 to follow vs 40] As is the rule in all churches of the saints,
father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
Then said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath"; others said, "How can a sinner perform such Signs?" They were divided on this.
As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand;
idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit,
and the younger said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.' So he divided his means among them.
From Thematic Bible
Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing
When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory, and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, setting the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.
and whoever will disown me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. Do not imagine I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword. I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; read more.
yes, a man's own household will be his enemies.
I have come to throw fire on earth. Would it were kindled already! I have a baptism to undergo. How I am distressed till it is all over! You think I am here to make peace on earth? No, I tell you, it is dissension. read more.
After this there will be five at issue in one house, three divided against two and two against three, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself
As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand; and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then can his realm stand? Besides, if I cast out daemons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Thus they will be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out daemons by the Spirit of God, then the Reign of God has reached you already.
He knew what they were thinking about, so he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, house after house falls down; and if Satan is divided against himself, how can his realm stand? You say I am casting out daemons by Beelzebul? If I cast out daemons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Thus they will be your judges. read more.
But if it is by the finger of God that I cast daemons out, then the Reign of God has reached you already.
Division » Who is divided
you are still worldly. For with jealousy and quarrels in your midst, are you not worldly, are you not behaving like ordinary men? When one cries, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," what are you but men of the world? Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task. read more.
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who made the seed grow. So neither planter nor waterer counts, but God alone who makes the seed grow. Still, though planter and waterer are on the same level, each will get his own wage for the special work that he has done. We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.
But in giving you the following injunction I cannot commend you; for you are the worse, not the better, for assembling together. First of all, in your church-meetings I am told that cliques prevail. And I partly believe it. There must be parties among you, if genuine Christians are to be recognized. read more.
But this makes it impossible for you to eat the 'Lord's' supper when you hold your gatherings. As you eat, everyone takes his own supper; one goes hungry while another gets drunk.
Division » Not being divided
Brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg of you all to drop these party-cries. There must be no cliques among you; you must regain your common temper and attitude. For Chloe's people inform me that you are quarrelling. By 'quarrelling' I mean that each of you has his party-cry, "I belong to Paul," "And I to Apollos," "And I to Cephas," "And I to Christ." read more.
Has Christ been parcelled out? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Was it in Paul's name that you were baptized? I am thankful now that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one can say you were baptized in my name. (Well, I did baptize the household of Stephanas, but no one else, as far as I remember.) Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel. And to preach it with no fine rhetoric, lest the cross of Christ should lose its power!
Topics on Division
Division Among Christians
Acts 15:1-5But certain individuals came down from Jerusalem and taught the brothers that "unless you get circumcised after the custom of Moses you cannot be saved."
Divisions Of Opinion
1 Corinthians 1:10Brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg of you all to drop these party-cries. There must be no cliques among you; you must regain your common temper and attitude.
Divisions, Contrary To
1 Corinthians 1:13Has Christ been parcelled out? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Was it in Paul's name that you were baptized?
Weakness In Division
Luke 11:17He knew what they were thinking about, so he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, house after house falls down;
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