Bible Verses About Strife

involvement with the occult and with drugs; in feuding, fighting, becoming jealous and getting angry; in selfish ambition, factionalism, intrigue

and envy; in drunkenness, orgies and things like these. I warn you now as I have warned you before: those who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God!

and making every effort to preserve the unity the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom.

True, some are proclaiming the Messiah out of jealousy and rivalry, but others are doing it in goodwill.

The latter act from love, aware that I am put where I am for defending the Good News;

Do nothing out of rivalry or vanity; but, in humility, regard each other as better than yourselves —

Do everything without kvetching or arguing,

so that you may be blameless and pure children of God, without defect in the midst of a twisted and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the sky,

The purpose of this order is to promote love from a clean heart, from a good conscience and from sincere trust.

Some, by aiming amiss, have wandered off into fruitless discussion.

They want to be teachers of Torah, but they understand neither their own words nor the matters about which they make such emphatic pronouncements.

Therefore, it is my wish that when the men pray, no matter where, they should lift up hands that are holy — they should not become angry or get into arguments.

A congregation leader must be above reproach, he must be faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable and able to teach.

He must not drink excessively or get into fights; rather, he must be kind and gentle. He must not be a lover of money.

If anyone teaches differently and does not agree to the sound precepts of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah and to the doctrine that is in keeping with godliness,

he is swollen with conceit and understands nothing. Instead, he has a morbid desire for controversies and word-battles, out of which come jealousy, dissension, insults, evil suspicions,

and constant wrangling among people whose minds no longer function properly and who have been deprived of the truth, so that they imagine that religion is a road to riches.

Oh, Timothy! Keep safe what has been entrusted to you. Turn away from the ungodly babblings and the argumentative opposition of what is falsely called “knowledge.”

For many who promise this “knowledge” have missed the mark, as far as the faith is concerned. Grace be with you.

Keep reminding people of this, and charge them solemnly before the Lord not to engage in word-battles. They accomplish nothing useful and are a catastrophe for the hearers!

But stay away from stupid and ignorant controversies — you know that they lead to fights,

and a slave of the Lord shouldn’t fight. On the contrary, he should be kind to everyone, a good teacher, and not resentful when mistreated.

Also he should be gentle as he corrects his opponents. For God may perhaps grant them the opportunity to turn from their sins, acquire full knowledge of the truth,

Remind people to submit to the government and its officials, to obey them, to be ready to do any honorable kind of work,

to slander no one, to avoid quarrelling, to be friendly, and to behave gently towards everyone.