1 Corinthians 4:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For the kyngdome of God is not in worde, but in power.

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  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my wordes and my preachyng was not with entysing wordes of mans wisedome, but in shewyng of the spirite, and of power:
  • 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall, but myghtie through God, to cast downe strong holdes, 5 Wherwith we ouerthrowe counsels, and euery hye thyng, that is exalted agaynst the knowledge of God, & bryng into captiuitie all imagination, to the obedience of Christe,
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy ghost, and in much certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost.
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ, because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue, to the Iewe first, and also to the Greke.
  • Rom 15:19 : 19 In myghtie signes and wonders, by the power of the spirite of God: so that from Hierusalem, & the coastes rounde about, vnto Illyricum, I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe.
  • 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes we preache Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God.

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  • 82%

    18 Some swel as though I would come no more at you:

    19 But I wyll come to you shortly, if the Lorde wyll, & wyll knowe, not the wordes of the which swell, but the power.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 And my wordes and my preachyng was not with entysing wordes of mans wisedome, but in shewyng of the spirite, and of power:

    5 That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men, but in the power of God.

    6 And we speake wisedome among the that are perfite: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to naught.

  • 17 For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost.

  • 21 What wyl ye? Shal I come vnto you with a rodde, or in loue and in the spirite of mekenesse?

  • 5 For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy ghost, and in much certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake.

  • 2 Cor 13:3-4
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    3 Seyng yt ye seeke experience of Christe which speaketh in me, which to you ward is not weake, but is mighty in you.

    4 For though he was crucified of weakenesse, yet liueth he of the power of God. And we no doubt, are weake in hym: but we shall lyue with hym, by ye might of God towarde you.

  • 2 Cor 10:3-4
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    3 For though we walke in the fleshe, yet we do not warre according to ye flesh.

    4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall, but myghtie through God, to cast downe strong holdes,

  • 20 But yf I with the fynger of God cast out deuyls, no doubt the kyngdome of God is come vpon you.

  • 10 Therfore write I these thynges beyng absent, lest when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, accordyng to the power which the Lorde hath geuen me to edification, and not to destruction.

  • 6 He aunswered and saide vnto me: This is the worde of the Lorde vnto Zorobabel, saying, Neither through an hoast of men, nor through strength: but through my spirite, saith the Lorde of hoastes.

  • 70%

    17 For Christe sent me not to baptize, but to preache the Gospell: not with wisedome of wordes, lest ye crosse of Christ shoulde be made of none effect.

    18 For the preachyng of the crosse, is to them that perishe foolishnesse: but vnto vs which are saued, it is the power of God.

  • 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of the power be Gods, and not ours.

  • 10 Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lorde, & in the power of his might.

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    20 When he was demaunded of the pharisees, when the kyngdome of God shoulde come: he aunswered them, and sayde, The kyngdome of God shall not come with obseruation.

    21 Neither shall they say, lo here, or lo there: For beholde, the kyngdome of God is within you.

  • 28 But if I cast out the deuils by the spirite of God: then is the kingdome of God come vpon you.

  • 20 For it is not ye that speake, but ye spirite of your father, which speaketh in you.

  • 30 And he sayde: Wherevnto shall we lyken the kyngdome of God? Or with what comparyson shall we compare it?

  • 4 Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

  • 7 For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of a sounde mynde.

  • 12 So then, death worketh in vs, but life in you.

  • 9 Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.

  • 4 In the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, when ye are gathered together and my spirite, with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christe,

  • 20 For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

  • 20 Brethren, be not chyldren in wytte: Howbeit, as concerning maliciousnesse, be chyldren: but in wytte, be perfect.

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    9 Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters.

    10 For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude.

  • 8 For from you, sounded out the worde of the Lorde, not only in Macedonia & Achaia: but also in euery place your faith to Godwarde is spread abroade, so that we neede not to speake any thyng.

  • 20 And agayne he sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the kyngdome of God?

  • 7 In the worde of trueth, in the power of God, by the armour of righteousnes, of the ryght hande and on the lefte,

  • 1 And I brethren, when I came to you, came not in gloriousnesse of wordes, or of wisedome, shewing vnto you the testimonie of God.

  • 4 That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake.

  • 24 Not that we be Lordes ouer your fayth, but are helpers of your ioy. For by fayth ye stande.

  • 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.

  • 13 For this cause thanke we God also without ceassyng, because ye receauyng the worde which ye hearde of vs concernyng God, ye receaued it not as the worde of man, (but as it is in deede) the worde of God, which effectuously worketh also in you that beleue.

  • 11 They shal shewe the glorie of thy kingdome: and talke of thy power.

  • 20 So myghtyly grew the word of God, and preuayled.

  • 12 For we wrastle not agaynst blood & flesshe: but agaynst rule, agaynst power, agaynst worldly gouernours of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst spirituall craftynesse in heauenly places.

  • 50 This saye I brethren, that fleshe and blood can not inherite the kyngdome of God: Neither doth corruption, inherite incorruption.

  • 8 But what sayth he? The worde is nye thee, euen in thy mouth, and in thy heart. This same is the worde of faith, which we preache

  • 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde, which beleue, accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power,

  • 12 For the worde of God is quicke, and myghtie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth thorowe, euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule & the spirite, and of the ioyntes & the marie, and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart:

  • 24 Then commeth the ende, when he hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the father, when he hath put downe all rule, and all auctoritie, and power.

  • 1 Let euery soule be subiect vnto the hyer powers: For there is no power but of god. The powers that be, are ordeyned of God.