Bible Verses about “strife in the church”
Found 15 verses (ordered by relevance) about “strife in the church” in the KJV version of the Bible
“¶ ‹Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.›”
“‹But if he will not hear› [thee, then] ‹take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.›”
“‹And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell› [it] ‹unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.›”
“But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.”
“¶ Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.”
“For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.”
“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.”
“¶ Now in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.”
“¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”
“¶ The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.”
“If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;”
“Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.”
“¶ An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.”
“He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,”
“For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:”