Top 25 Bible Verses About Strife In The Church (NIV)

²⁰ For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

²² An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.

¹⁶ If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice--nor do the churches of God. ¹⁷ In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. ¹⁸ In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. ¹⁹ No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval.

¹⁵ "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. ¹⁶ But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' ¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

¹⁷ I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

³ If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, ⁴ he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions ⁵ and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

¹⁵ "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

³ It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

¹⁴ Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

²³ "Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

¹ Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

¹⁶ But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'

¹ What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?

²⁵ A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

¹⁷ Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

¹² Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

¹ Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

¹⁵ See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

¹⁹ The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; ²⁰ idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions ²¹ and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

³³ For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

¹⁰ Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.

¹⁸ A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.