13 Bible Verses about Schisms

so that there may be no disunion in the body, but that the various members should have a common concern for one another.

First of all, in your church-meetings I am told that cliques prevail. And I partly believe it.

Has Christ been parcelled out? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Was it in Paul's name that you were baptized?

No one sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, for the patch breaks away from it, and the tear is made worse:

I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

You think I am here to make peace on earth? No, I tell you, it is dissension.

So the people were divided over him;

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.

The Jews were again divided over these words.

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.

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.

When one cries, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," what are you but men of the world?

idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit,