Division

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them; — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from--for they are unprofitable and vain. — read the full passage →

And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;

These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit; — read the full passage →

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace; — read the full passage →

and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand; — read the full passage →

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son; — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

for yet ye are fleshly, for where <FI>there is<Fi> among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly, — read the full passage →

for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe <FI>it<Fi> ,

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

that they all may be one, as Thou Father <FI>art<Fi> in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

and an eye is not able to say to the hand, `I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, `I have no need of you.' — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them; — read the full passage →

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

and the truth shall make you free.'

Hath the Christ been divided? was Paul crucified for you? or to the name of Paul were ye baptized;

And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other, — read the full passage →

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly--as to babes in Christ; — read the full passage →

these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings--commands of men.'

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

that they all may be one, as Thou Father <FI>art<Fi> in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me. — read the full passage →

for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe <FI>it<Fi> , — read the full passage →

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

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together! — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved, — read the full passage →

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

Do two walk together if they have not met?

because thou sayest--I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; — read the full passage →

`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; — read the full passage →

if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!'

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; — read the full passage →

to do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the stiff things that speak against Him did impious sinners.' — read the full passage →

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us. — read the full passage →

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed,

and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him; — read the full passage →

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; — read the full passage →

Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field, — read the full passage →

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand, — read the full passage →

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;

For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die; — read the full passage →

out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but--that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou--who art thou that dost judge the other?

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also <FI>is<Fi> the Christ, — read the full passage →

that no flesh may glory before Him; — read the full passage →

if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching according to piety, — read the full passage →

according as I did exhort thee to remain in Ephesus--I going on to Macedonia--that thou mightest charge certain not to teach any other thing,

And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth; — read the full passage →

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting, — read the full passage →

become followers together of me, brethren, and observe those thus walking, according as ye have us--a pattern;

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself--let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such <FI>cases<Fi> , and in peace hath God called us;

And ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God doth dwell in you; and if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ--this one is not His; — read the full passage →

And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;' — read the full passage →

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking <FI>with<Fi> perverseness of mouth, — read the full passage →

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

And those acting wickedly <FI>against<Fi> the covenant, he defileth by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have wrought. — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him--head over all things to the assembly, — read the full passage →

look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;

I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them--Diotrephes--doth not receive us; — read the full passage →