30 Bible Verses about division

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1 Corinthians 12:25

so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

Jude 1:19

These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.

Luke 12:51

Do you think that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.

1 Corinthians 11:18

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

Mark 3:25

And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

John 7:43

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

Luke 1:8

Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

Luke 12:52

For from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

1 Corinthians 1:13

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

Mark 3:24

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

John 10:19

There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

Matthew 12:25

Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,

Luke 12:49

"I came to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' So he divided his living between them.

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Division » Jesus Christ coming for the purpose of dividing

Matthew 25:31-33

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will put the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Matthew 10:33-36

But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man 'against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; read more.
and a man's enemies will be those of his own household.'

Luke 12:49-53

"I came to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! Do you think that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. read more.
For from now on there will be five in one house 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, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

Division » Every kingdom that is divided against itself

Matthew 12:25-28

Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Luke 11:17-20

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against itself falls. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. read more.
But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Division » Who is divided

1 Corinthians 3:3-9

for you are still carnal. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking like mere men? For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord assigned to each one. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

1 Corinthians 11:17-21

But in the following instructions, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. read more.
Therefore when you meet together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat, for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

Division » Not being divided

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same judgment. For I have been informed by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you, my brethren. What I mean is this, that each one of you says, "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 you baptized in the name of Paul? I am thankful that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one would say you were baptized in my name. (Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospelnot with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

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Acts 15:1-5

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

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Luke 11:17

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against itself falls.

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