1 Corinthians 11:19

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For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

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  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.
  • Deut 13:3 : 3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.
  • Luke 17:1 : 1 Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service Jesus said to his disciples,“Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
  • Matt 18:7 : 7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.
  • Titus 3:10 : 10 Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
  • Acts 24:14 : 14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
  • Acts 26:5 : 5 They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.
  • Acts 28:22 : 22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
  • 2 Cor 13:5-7 : 5 Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you– unless, indeed, you fail the test! 6 And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test! 7 Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but so that you may do what is right even if we may appear to have failed the test.
  • Gal 5:20 : 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,
  • 1 Tim 4:1-2 : 1 Timothy’s Ministry in the Later Times Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, 2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves. 2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.
  • Luke 2:35 : 35 Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed– and a sword will pierce your own soul as well!”
  • Acts 5:17 : 17 Further Trouble for the Apostles Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him(that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
  • Acts 15:5 : 5 But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said,“It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”

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    16If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

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  • 1 Cor 1:10-12
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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.

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    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.”

  • 1 Cor 11:20-21
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  • 2 Cor 12:20
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  • 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!

  • Acts 20:30
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    30Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

  • 1 Cor 3:3-4
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  • 2 Tim 2:17-19
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    17and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.

    18They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

    19However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”

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    9Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

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    20idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,

  • Titus 3:10-11
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    10Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings.

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  • 2 Pet 2:1
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    15Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

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    19Then you will say,“The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

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    19Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

  • Jude 1:17
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    21But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.

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    9A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!

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    30That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

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    13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

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    16speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.

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    13Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

  • 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.

  • Eph 5:10
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    10trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

  • 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 11:32
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    32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

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