1 Corinthians 11:18
For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.
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1 Corinthians 11:18
For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.
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Genesis 27:42
Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.
1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.
1 Samuel 25:15
But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:
1 Samuel 25:16
But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.
1 Samuel 25:17
So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.
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1 Samuel 2:22
Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.
1 Samuel 2:23
And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
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Song of Solomon 2:15
Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.
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Matthew 10:34
Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.
Matthew 10:35
For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:
Luke 12:51
Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:
Luke 12:52
For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.
Luke 12:53
They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.
John 7:7
It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.
John 7:40
When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.
John 7:41
Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?
John 7:42
Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?
Acts 14:4
But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.
Acts 23:7
And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.
Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.
Acts 23:9
And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
Acts 23:10
And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.
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John 9:10
So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?
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Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.
John 20:19
At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!
John 20:20
And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
John 20:21
And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you.
John 20:22
And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:
John 20:23
Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.
John 20:24
Now Thomas, one of the twelve, named Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
John 20:25
So the other disciples said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, If I do not see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and if I do not put my hand into his side, I will never have belief.
John 20:26
And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!
John 20:27
Then he said to Thomas, Put out your finger, and see my hands; and put your hand here into my side: and be no longer in doubt but have belief.
John 20:28
And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God!
Acts 1:13
And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.
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Luke 9:48
And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.
John 20:29
Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!
Acts 1:14
And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
Acts 2:1
And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.
Acts 16:16
And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.
Hebrews 10:25
Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.
Jude 1:19
These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.
Revelation 3:22
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
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Acts 1:1
I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,
Acts 2:42
And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.
Acts 11:26
And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.
Romans 16:23
Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.
1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 4:17
For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 14:28
But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.
1 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
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Acts 7:1
Then the high priest said, Are these things true?
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Acts 14:23
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
Acts 15:4
And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
Acts 15:5
But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 15:6
And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
Acts 21:20
And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:
Acts 21:21
And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.
Acts 21:22
What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.
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Romans 1:8
First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.
Romans 3:2
Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.
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Romans 15:15
But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,
2 Corinthians 2:5
But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).
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1 Corinthians 1:13
Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:31
So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
1 Corinthians 3:1
And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:2
I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
1 Corinthians 3:4
For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?
1 Corinthians 4:6
My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.
1 Corinthians 8:1
Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.
1 Corinthians 12:1
But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
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1 Corinthians 5:11
But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
Galatians 5:15
But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.
Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,
Galatians 5:20
Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
Galatians 5:21
Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
James 3:16
For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
James 4:2
You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.
James 4:11
Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.
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1 Corinthians 6:2
Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?
1 Corinthians 6:3
Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?
1 Corinthians 6:4
If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?
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1 Corinthians 8:9
But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.
1 Corinthians 8:10
For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?
1 Corinthians 8:11
And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.
1 Corinthians 8:12
And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.
2 Corinthians 7:3
It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.
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1 Corinthians 10:16
The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 10:17
Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.
1 Corinthians 11:23
For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,
1 Corinthians 11:27
If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:29
For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.
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Isaiah 3:5
And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.
1 Corinthians 7:36
But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.
1 Corinthians 11:13
Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?
1 Corinthians 11:14
Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?
1 Corinthians 13:5
Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;
1 Corinthians 14:35
And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.
1 Corinthians 14:36
What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you?
1 Corinthians 14:37
If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14:38
But if any man is without knowledge, let him be so.
1 Corinthians 14:39
So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.
Philippians 4:8
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
2 Thessalonians 3:7
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,
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1 Corinthians 11:1
So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.
1 Corinthians 11:12
For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.
2 Thessalonians 3:11
For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.
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