1 Corinthians 4:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --
  • 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 for the weapons of our warfare `are' not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, 5 reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 because our good news did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, even as ye have known of what sort we became among you because of you,
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.
  • Rom 15:19 : 19 in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;
  • 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 and to those called -- both Jews and Greeks -- Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God,

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    18And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;

    19but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;

  • 1 Cor 2:4-6
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    4and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --

    5that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

    6And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,

  • Rom 14:17
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    17for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

  • 1 Cor 4:21
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    21what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5because our good news did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, even as ye have known of what sort we became among you because of you,

  • 2 Cor 13:3-4
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    3since a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in you,

    4for even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward you.

  • 2 Cor 10:3-4
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    3for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

    4for the weapons of our warfare `are' not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

  • Luke 11:20
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    20but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10because of this, these things -- being absent -- I write, that being present, I may not treat `any' sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.

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    6And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: `This `is' a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But -- by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts.

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    17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but -- to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

    18for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God,

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    7And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

  • Eph 6:10
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    10As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

  • Luke 17:20-21
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    20And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation;

    21nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'

  • Matt 12:28
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    28`But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God.

  • Matt 10:20
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    20for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

  • Mark 4:30
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    30And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

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    4Where the word of a king `is' power `is', and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'

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    7for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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    12so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.

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    9not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;

  • 1 Cor 5:4
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    4in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ -- ye being gathered together, also my spirit -- with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    20for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

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    20Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

  • 2 Cor 10:9-10
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    9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

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    8for from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God did go forth, so that we have no need to say anything,

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    20And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

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    7in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,

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    1And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God,

  • Col 4:4
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    4that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak;

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    24not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.

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    2but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

  • 1 Thess 2:13
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    13Because of this also, we -- we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;

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    11The honour of Thy kingdom they tell, And `of' Thy might they speak,

  • Acts 19:20
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    20so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.

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    12because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

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    50And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;

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    8But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying -- in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;

  • Eph 1:19
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    19and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

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    12for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

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    24then -- the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power --

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    1Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,