Bible verses about "division" | MNT

²⁴ If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand; ²⁵ if a household be divided against itself, that household cannot stand; ²⁶ and if Satan has revolted against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand. Nay, he meets his end!

¹⁵ "If your brother sins against you, go and show him, between yourself and him alone. If he listens, you have won your brother. ¹⁶ "But if he will not listen to you, take one or two others along, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be established. If he will not listen to them, tell the church; ¹⁷ "but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer. ¹⁸ "I tell you all in solemn truth that whatever you forbid upon earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.

⁹ Whoever is going ahead, and is not abiding in the teachings of Christ, does not possess God; but he who is abiding in the teaching possesses both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one come to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, nor give him any greeting. ¹¹ For the man who greets him shares in his wicked work.

²² Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently. ²³ For you have been born anew, not of perishable, but of imperishable seed, by the living, lasting word of God. ²⁴ For, All flesh is grass And all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass fades, The flower falls, ²⁵ But the word of the Lord abides forever. And this is the word of the gospel which has been told to you.

¹² Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper; ¹³ bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as Christ the Lord forgave you, so must you forgive. ¹⁴ Over them all bind on love, which is the girdle of completeness. ¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ, to which also you were called in one body, rule in your hearts, and show yourselves thankful.

³ and endeavor to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace. ⁴ There is one body and one spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling. ⁵ There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

¹⁶ For these are murmurers, always complaining. They always go where their passions lead, and their mouth speaks great swelling words, while they pay court to men for the sake of the advantage they can get. ¹⁷ But as for you, dearly beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸ how they used to say to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will be led only by their godless passions." ¹⁹ These are the men, sensual and unspiritual, who cause divisions.

¹⁷ He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.

⁹ But avoid foolish questionings and genealogies and dissensions and wranglings about the law; for these are unprofitable and empty. ¹⁰ After a first and second admonition, refuse a man who is causing divisions; ¹¹ you may be sure that such a man is perverted and sinning, and is self-condemned.

¹⁷ I exhort you, brothers, to keep watch of those who are causing the divisions among you, and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you have learned. ¹⁸ Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

¹⁰ Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper. ¹¹ For it has been plainly told me concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions among you. ¹² I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ." ¹³ Has Christ been divided? Paul, was he crucified for you? or was it into the name of Paul that you were baptized?