1 Corinthians 4:20
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
In Context
21What do ye want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
Cross References
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the good-news of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation to every man who believes, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek.
Romans 15:19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good-news of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of spirit and of power,
1 Thessalonians 1:5because the good-news from us happened to you not in word only, but also in power, and in Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, as ye know what kind of men we became among you, because of you.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:18-21
Paul's Affection and Authority. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. 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. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall… Read the whole commentary →