1 Corinthians 4:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of {G442} 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: {G5547} 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Cor 4:18-19
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18Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
19But 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.
1 Cor 2:4-6
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4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of {G442} wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6We 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:
Rom 14:17
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17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
1 Cor 4:21
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21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
1 Thess 1:5
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5how 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 13:3-4
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3seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:
4for {G2532} 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 10:3-4
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3For 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),
Luke 11:20
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20But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
2 Cor 13:10
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10For 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.
Zech 4:6
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6Then 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 1:17-18
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17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest {G3361} the cross of Christ should be made void.
18For the word of the cross is to them that perish {G3303} foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.
2 Cor 4:7
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7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
Eph 6:10
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10Finally, {G3450} {G80} be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
Luke 17:20-21
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20And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, {G2400} There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
Matt 12:28
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28But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
Matt 10:20
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20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
Mark 4:30
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30And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?
Eccl 8:4
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4For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
2 Tim 1:7
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7For God gave us {G1325} not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
2 Cor 4:12
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12So then death {G3303} worketh in us, but life in you.
2 Thess 3:9
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9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
1 Cor 5:4
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4in the name of our Lord Jesus, {G5547} {G4863} ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord {G5547} Jesus,
Jas 1:20
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20for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
1 Cor 14:20
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20Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
2 Cor 10:9-10
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9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
10For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
1 Thess 1:8
67%
8For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but {G2532} in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.
Luke 13:20
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20And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
2 Cor 6:7
67%
7in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
1 Cor 2:1
67%
1And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
Col 4:4
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4that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
2 Cor 1:24
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24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
2 Cor 4:2
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2but 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.
1 Thess 2:13
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13And 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.
Ps 145:11
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11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, And talk of thy power;
Acts 19:20
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20So {G2596} mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.
Eph 6:12
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12For 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].
1 Cor 15:50
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50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood {G3756} cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Rom 10:8
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8But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:
Eph 1:19
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19and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
Heb 4:12
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12For 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.
1 Cor 15:24
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24Then [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.
Rom 13:1
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1Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power {G1487} but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.