1 Corinthians 4:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
  • 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places); 5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
  • Rom 15:19 : 19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;
  • 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

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    18Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.

    19But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

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    4And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

    5So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

    6But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

  • Rom 14:17
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    17For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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    21What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?

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    5Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

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    3Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:

    4For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.

  • 2 Cor 10:3-4
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    3For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

    4(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

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    20But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.

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    10For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

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    17For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

    18For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

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    7But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

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    10Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.

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    20And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

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    28But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you.

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    20Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

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    30And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

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    4The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

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    12So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

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    4In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

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    20For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

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    20My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

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    9That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.

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    8For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

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    20And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

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    7In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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    1And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

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    4So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.

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    24Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

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    2And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

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    13And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

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    11Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and their talk of your strength;

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    8But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

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    19And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

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    12For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

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