Bible verses about "division" | Riverside

²⁴ If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ And if a house divides against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ²⁶ So if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.

¹⁵ "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault between yourself and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. ¹⁶ If he does not listen to you, take along with you one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses, or three, every word may be confirmed. ¹⁷ If he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to hear the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector. ¹⁸ I tell you truly, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

⁹ Every one who goes forward and does not remain in the teaching of Christ is without God. He who remains in the teaching, he has the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house and do not bid him welcome. ¹¹ He who bids him welcome becomes a sharer in his wicked works.

²² Now that you have made your souls holy by obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, you must love one another steadily from your hearts, ²³ for you have been reborn, not from mortal seed but from immortal by the living and enduring word of God. ²⁴ For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory is like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls, ²⁵ but the word of the Lord endures forever." And this is the word of good news that has been brought to you.

¹² Put on, then, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, sympathies, compassions, kindness, humility, gentleness, slowness to anger, ¹³ bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if any one has a grievance against any. Just as the Lord forgave you, so must you forgive. ¹⁴ Above all these, clothe yourselves with love, which is the perfect bond of union. ¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ be umpire in your hearts. For this you were called into one body. And be thankful.

³ earnest in keeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called with one hope that belongs to your calling, ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

¹⁶ These men are complaining grumblers, living according to their own passions, and their mouths speak great swelling words. They show admiration for persons for the sake of their own gain. ¹⁷ But you, beloved, remember the words which were long ago spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸ how they told you that in the latter time there would be scoffers living according to their own ungodly passions. ¹⁹ These are those who cause divisions, sensual and unspiritual.

¹⁷ But he, knowing their reasonings, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation, and a house divided against itself falls.

⁹ But avoid foolish disputes and genealogies and strife and quarrels about the Law; for they are unprofitable and futile. ¹⁰ If a man is factious, after one or two warnings, have nothing more to do with him, ¹¹ knowing that such a one is perverted and goes on sinning though self-condemned.

¹⁷ I beg you, brethren, to keep your eye on those who are making divisions and occasions for sin contrary to the teaching which you have learned, and to shun them. ¹⁸ For such persons are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own stomachs, and by their smooth and pleasing talk they mislead the hearts of the innocent.

¹⁰ I beg you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, all to say the same thing and not to have divisions among you, but to be united in the same mind and in the same opinion. ¹¹ For it has been told me regarding you, brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions among you. ¹² I mean that each of you is saying, "I belong to Paul," "I belong to Apollos," "I belong to Cephas," or, "I belong to Christ." ¹³ Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?