Romans 14:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ βρῶσις καὶ πόσις· ἀλλὰ δικαιοσύνη, καὶ εἰρήνη, καὶ χαρὰ ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ.

Transliteration

For not estin the basileia of the Theou brōsis and posis; but dikaiosynē, and eirēnē, and chara in Pneumati Hagiō.

Grammar Details

• *estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God/God's
• *brōsis*: nominative, feminine, singular - eating/food
• *posis*: nominative, feminine, singular - drinking
• *dikaiosynē*: nominative, feminine, singular - righteousness
• *eirēnē*: nominative, feminine, singular - peace
• *chara*: nominative, feminine, singular - joy
• *Pneumati*: dative, neuter, singular - Spirit
• *Hagiō*: dative, neuter, singular - Holy

Word Meanings

• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *brōsis*: eating/food/consumption
• *posis*: drinking/beverage
• *dikaiosynē*: righteousness/justice
• *eirēnē*: peace/harmony
• *chara*: joy/gladness/delight
• *Pneumati Hagiō*: Holy Spirit/Sacred Breath

Referenced Verses

• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
• 1 Cor 8:8 : 8 But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.
• Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
• 1 Cor 4:20 : 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.
• 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
• Rom 8:6 : 6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
• John 3:3 : 3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
• Acts 13:52 : 52 And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
• Phil 3:9 : 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
• 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land. 6 In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
• Isa 55:12 : 12 For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.
• Luke 17:20-21 : 20 And 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: 21 And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.
• Col 1:11 : 11 Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;
• Col 2:16-17 : 16 For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths: 17 For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.
• Phil 4:7 : 7 And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 5:1-5 : 1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; 2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting; 4 And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
• John 3:5 : 5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
• Isa 45:24 : 24 Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.
• Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
• Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
• Phil 2:1 : 1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
• Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:
• Phil 4:4 : 4 Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
• Rom 8:15-16 : 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:
• Luke 14:15 : 15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.
• John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
• Acts 9:31 : 31 And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.
• 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: