1 Corinthians 11:18

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?
  • 1 Cor 1:10-12 : 10 Divisions in the Church I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose. 11 For members of Chloe’s household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you. 12 Now I mean this, that each of you is saying,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” or“I am with Cephas,” or“I am with Christ.”
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 Church Discipline It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.
  • 1 Cor 6:1 : 1 Lawsuits When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

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  • 1 Cor 11:19-22
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    19For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

    20Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper.

    21For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

    22Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

  • 1 Cor 11:16-17
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    16If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

    17The Lord’s Supper Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

  • 1 Cor 1:10-13
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    10Divisions in the Church I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.

    11For members of Chloe’s household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.

    12Now I mean this, that each of you is saying,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” or“I am with Cephas,” or“I am with Christ.”

    13Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?

  • 1 Cor 3:3-4
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    3for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?

    4For whenever someone says,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human?

  • 2 Cor 12:20-21
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    20For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

    21I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

  • 1 Cor 14:25-26
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    25The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”

    26Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

  • 1 Cor 11:33-34
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    33So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

    34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

  • 1 Cor 12:25
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    25so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

  • 3 John 1:9-10
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    9Diotrephes the Troublemaker I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.

    10Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing– the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church!

  • 1 Cor 5:2-3
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    2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

    3For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.

  • Rom 1:11-13
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    11For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

    12that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

    13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

  • 1 Cor 14:23
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    23So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

  • 1 Cor 4:18
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    18Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

  • 1 Cor 12:27
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    27Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.

  • 1 Cor 12:14
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    14For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

  • John 10:19
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    19Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

  • 2 Thess 3:11
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    11For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority– the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • 1 Cor 12:19-20
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    19If they were all the same member, where would the body be?

    20So now there are many members, but one body.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

  • Phil 1:15-16
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    15Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.

    16The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • 1 Cor 11:30
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    30That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

  • 2 Thess 2:1
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    1The Day of the Lord Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,

  • Eph 1:15
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    15Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • Gal 1:7
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    7not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.