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 [was] not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
- 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
- 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
- Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
- Rom 1:16 : 16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 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 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
- 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But unto them which 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 would not come to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
- 1 Cor 2:4-63 verses79%
4 And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's 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 ¶ Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
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17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and [in] the spirit of meekness?
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5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
- 2 Cor 13:3-42 verses72%
3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
- 2 Cor 10:3-42 verses72%
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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20 ‹But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.›
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10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
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6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
- 1 Cor 1:17-182 verses70%
17 ¶ For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
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7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
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10 ¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
- Luke 17:20-212 verses70%
20 ¶ And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, ‹The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:›
21 ‹Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.›
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28 ‹But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.›
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20 ‹For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.›
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30 And he said, ‹Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?›
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4 Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
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7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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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 power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
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4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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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 understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
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9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10 For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.
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8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
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20 And again he said, ‹Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?›
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7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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1 ¶ And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto 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 for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
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2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
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13 ¶ For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also 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 God and prevailed.
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12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [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, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
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19 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
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12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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24 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
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1 ¶ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.