30 Bible Verses about division

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1 Corinthians 12:25

that there might be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another.

1 Corinthians 11:19

for there must be also parties among you, that they who are approved may also become manifest among you.

Jude 1:19

These are they that separate themselves, sensual, not having the Spirit.

Luke 12:51

Think ye that I came to give peace in the earth? I tell you, nay, but rather division.

1 Corinthians 11:18

For in the first place, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it;

Mark 3:25

and if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand;

John 7:43

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

Luke 1:8

And it came to pass, that, while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his course,

Luke 12:52

For from this time forth five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three.

1 Corinthians 1:13

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized the name of Paul?

Mark 3:24

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;

John 9:16

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs. And there was a division among them.

John 10:19

Again there arose a division among the Jews on account of these words.

Matthew 12:25

And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

Luke 12:49

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I wish, if it hath been already kindled?

Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of the property that falleth to me. And he divided to them his living.

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Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing

Matthew 25:31-33

And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his glory, and before him will be gathered all the nations; and he will separate men one from another, as a shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left.

Matthew 10:33-36

But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Think not that I came to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man at variance with his father, and a daughter with her mother, and a bride with her motherinlaw; read more.
and they of a mans own household will be his foes.

Luke 12:49-53

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I wish, if it hath been already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how is my soul troubled, till it be accomplished! Think ye that I came to give peace in the earth? I tell you, nay, but rather division. read more.
For from this time forth five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three. They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; the motherinlaw against her daughterinlaw, and the daughterinlaw against her motherinlaw.

Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself

Matthew 12:25-28

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

Luke 11:17-20

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and house divided against house falleth. And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? For ye say that I cast out the demons through Beelzebul. But if I cast out the demons through Beelzebul, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be judges of you. read more.
But if I cast out the demons through the finger of God, then hath the kingdom of God already come to you.

Division » Who is divided

1 Corinthians 3:3-9

for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men? For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not [like common] men? Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each? read more.
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth. And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor. For we are Gods fellowlaborers; ye are Gods field, ye are Gods building.

1 Corinthians 11:17-21

But I give you this charge, not praising you, because ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For in the first place, when ye come together in assembly of the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it; for there must be also parties among you, that they who are approved may also become manifest among you. read more.
When ye come together then in the same place, there is no eating of the Lords supper. For, when ye eat, every one taketh before any distribution his own supper, and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

Division » Not being divided

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment. For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by those of the family of Chloe, that there are dissensions among you. What I mean is this, that each of you saith, I 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 ye baptized the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; that no one may say that ye were baptized into my name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; I am not aware that I baptized any one besides. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

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Acts 15:1-5

And there came down certain men from Judaea, and taught the brethren, Unless ye are circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Weakness In Division

Luke 11:17

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and house divided against house falleth.

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