Romans 14:17

World English Bible (2000)

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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  • Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • 1 Cor 8:8 : 8 But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
  • 1 Cor 4:20 : 20 For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
  • 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 answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
  • Acts 13:52 : 52 The disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
  • Isa 55:12 : 12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
  • Luke 17:20-21 : 20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation; 21 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."
  • Col 1:11 : 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
  • Col 2:16-17 : 16 Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, 17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
  • Phil 4:7 : 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 5:1-5 : 1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; 2 through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: 5 and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
  • Isa 45:24 : 24 They will say of me, 'There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.'" Even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed.
  • Dan 2:44 : 44 In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
  • Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, Rejoice!
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--
  • Rom 8:15-16 : 15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
  • Luke 14:15 : 15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world."
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
  • Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

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    18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

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    20 Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

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    16 for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."

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    33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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    7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.