39 Bible Verses about Being Different

For just as there are in the one human body many parts, and these parts have not all the same function;

so collectively we form one body in Christ, while individually we are linked to one another as its members.

For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.

in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.

For there must of necessity be differences of opinion among you, in order that it may be plainly seen who are the men of sterling worth among you.

Now I say that so long as an heir is a child, he in no respect differs from a slave, although he is the owner of everything,

various forms of official service, and yet one and the same Lord;

I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

But since we have special gifts which differ in accordance with the diversified work graciously entrusted to us, if it is prophecy, let the prophet speak in exact proportion to his faith;

There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but there is one and the same Spirit;

There are bodies which are celestial and there are bodies which are earthly, but the glory of the celestial ones is one thing, and that of the earthly ones is another.

If indeed some visitor is proclaiming among you another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the One you have already received or a Good News different from that which you have already welcomed, your toleration is admirable!

diversities in work, and yet one and the same God--He who in each person brings about the whole result.

All flesh is not the same: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.

Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.

Therefore let all of us who are mature believers cherish these thoughts; and if in any respect you think differently, that also God will make clear to you.

Even inanimate things--flutes or harps, for instance--when yielding a sound, if they make no distinction in the notes, how shall the tune which is played on the flute or the harp be known?

and you pay court to the one who wears the fine clothes, and say, "Sit here; this is a good place;" while to the poor man you say, "Stand there, or sit on the floor at my feet;"

but I discover within me a different Law at war with the Law of my understanding, and leading me captive to the Law which is everywhere at work in my body--the Law of sin.

united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.

Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.

You however are to be complete in goodness, as your Heavenly Father is complete.

Jew and Gentile are on precisely the same footing; for the same Lord is Lord over all, and is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him for deliverance.

And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even bad men act thus.

Dear children, let us not love in words only nor with the lips, but in deed and in truth.

As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.

Why, who gives you your superiority, my brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? And if you really did receive it, why boast as if this were not so?

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But, as a matter of fact, there are many parts and but one body.

Therefore, "'Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' says the Lord, 'and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you,

But this I confess to you--that in the way which they style a heresy, I worship the God of our forefathers, believing everything that is taught in the Law or is written in the Prophets,

For if we have been beside ourselves, it has been for God's glory; or if we are now in our right senses, it is in order to be of service to you.

But you, my dearly-loved friends, building yourselves up on the basis of your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.

but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;

Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.

Would that I were with you and could change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,