14 Bible Verses about Schisms
Most Relevant Verses
so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.
For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
Is Christ divided? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul’s name?
No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.
For I came to turn
a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
Do you think that I came here to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause dissensions and obstacles contrary to the doctrine you have learned. Avoid them,
Now I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.
For whenever someone says, “I’m with Paul,” and another, “I’m with Apollos,” are you not unspiritual people?
idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,
‘Let us go up against Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it for ourselves. Then we can install Tabeel’s son as king in it.’”