1 Corinthians 4:20
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
- 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
- 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.
- Rom 14:17 : 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
- 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.
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4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:
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17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
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5 how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.
- 2 Cor 13:3-42 verses72%
3 seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:
4 for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
- 2 Cor 10:3-42 verses72%
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh
4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
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20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
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10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.
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6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- 1 Cor 1:17-182 verses70%
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.
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7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
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10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
- Luke 17:20-212 verses70%
20 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
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28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
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20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
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30 And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?
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4 For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
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7 For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
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12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
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9 not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
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4 in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
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20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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20 Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
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9 that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
10 For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
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8 For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.
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20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
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7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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1 And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
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4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
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2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
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13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
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11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, And talk of thy power;
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20 So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.
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12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places] .
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50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
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8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:
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19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
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12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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24 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
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1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the [powers] that be are ordained of God.