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15 Bible Verses About Organization

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Summary

  • Genesis 1 describes God bringing order to an earth that was “formless and empty”: separating light from darkness, water from water, and sea from dry land.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:33 and James 3:16 use the same Greek noun, akatastasia, for disorder, and both set it against peace.
  • Paul’s instruction that worship be done “in a fitting and orderly way” (1 Corinthians 14:40) follows directly on his command not to forbid speaking in tongues.
  • Exodus 18 and Acts 6 both deal with an overloaded leadership by handing work to chosen, qualified people: officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens, and seven men for the daily distribution of food.
  • The tower builder of Luke 14:28, who counts the cost before building, illustrates what following Jesus costs.

The Bible treats order as part of the character of God and asks his people to reflect it in worship, leadership and daily work. Paul says God “is not a God of disorder but of peace” (1 Corinthians 14:33), and Genesis 1 describes God turning an earth that was “formless and empty” into day and night, sky, sea and land. Scripture applies the same order to worship (1 Corinthians 14:40), to leaders sharing their work (Exodus 18:21; Acts 6:3; Titus…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 181, ἀκαταστασία (akatastasia): disorder, confusion, instability; used in 1 Corinthians 14:33 and James 3:16. biblehub.com/greek/181

Strong’s Greek 5010, τάξις (taxis): order, arrangement, rank; kata taxin, in order, in 1 Corinthians 14:40. biblehub.com/greek/5010

Strong’s Greek 814, ἀτάκτως (ataktos): disorderly, unruly; used in 2 Thessalonians 3:6. biblehub.com/greek/814

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