1 Corinthians 4:20
For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
In Context
21What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of gentleness?
Cross References
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the Gospel: for it is the power of God in order to salvation, to every one that believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 15:19by the power of signs and wonders by the power of the Holy Spirit. So that from Jerusalem, and round about as far as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of the Christ;
1 Corinthians 2:4and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1 Thessalonians 1:5For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in full assurance, as you know what sort of persons we were among you for your sakes.
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 →