Romans 14:17
For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
16Let not your good be euyll spoken of.
18For he that in these thynges serueth Christe, pleaseth God, and is comended of men.
Cross References
Isaiah 55:12And so shall ye go foorth with ioy, and be led with peace: The mountaynes and hylles shall syng with you for ioy, and all the trees of the fielde shal clappe their handes.
Matthew 6:33But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you.
Luke 17:20When he was demaunded of the pharisees, when the kyngdome of God shoulde come: he aunswered them, and sayde, The kyngdome of God shall not come with obseruation.
Matthew Henry on Romans 14:2-23
Exhortations to Candour; The Dominion of Christ. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. 5… Read the whole commentary →