Quotes about Divisions

Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.

So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.

They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as is written in the Book of Moses; and they did the same with the bulls.

They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.

First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

If you want to have everybody agreeing with you, join a club or program or church that agrees with you.

Even after the war, Eugenia, do you still put people into categories the way you were taught to do—rich and poor, socially acceptable and not, black and white?" "I haven't placed them there. Life has." "But people are all the same in God's eyes, don't you think? Or do you believe there will be segregated divisions in heaven like the ones we've created here on earth?

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together ... Divisions among such must come, and must be met as they come.

The theologian William E. Hull, worrying over the destructive animosities that divide religious organizations, asked, "How can we avoid the wrangling that breeds hostility?" And he answered: "By seeking clarity rather than victory" (Beyond the Barriers, p. 169).

What is the kingdom solution to divisions in the body of Christ along class, cultural, racial, and denominational lines? Be committed to the truth.