the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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1 Corinthians 4:20
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God's kingdom is not seen in talk but in power.
For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
for ye kyngdome of God is not in wordes but in power.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
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For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in power.
because the kingdom of God is present not in talk but in power.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.
For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.
For Apostolic authority is not a thing of words, but of power.
For the rewme of God is not in word, but in vertu.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
God's kingdom isn't just a lot of words. It is power.
For the kingdom of God is not based on talk but on power.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.
For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of words but of power.
For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.
For the kingdom of Aloha is not in word, but in power.
for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
For the kingdome of God is not in word, but in power.
For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God's power.
The holy nation of God is not made up of words. It is made up of power.
For the kingdom of God depends not on talk but on power.
For the kingdome of God is not in worde, but in power.
For the kingdom of God is not in the word, but in power.
For, not in speech, is the kingdom of God, but, in power.
For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.
For the kyngdome of God is not in worde, but in power.
For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of words but of power.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
For the kingdom of God is not with talk, but with power.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?
For the kyngdome of God is not i wordes, but in power.
for the gospel dispensation does not consist in talk, but in power.
For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.
God's outfit ain't about big talk, but a big walk. Big talkers rely on their power, but cowboys rely on God's power.
For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.
For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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1 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Corinthians 2:4, Romans 1:16, Romans 14:17, Romans 15:19, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:5, 1 Thessalonians 1:5
Reciprocal: 2 Corinthians 10:11 - such
Cross-References
Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the LORD respected Abel and his offering,
but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth."
His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute.
So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.
You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the kingdom of God,.... By "the kingdom of God" is not meant the kingdom of heaven, or the ultimate glory and happiness of the saints; though that is a kingdom prepared by God, which he gives to his children, calls them to by his grace, and will give them an abundant entrance into, when time shall be no more with them; and though that is not attained to "in", or "by word", by mere talk and profession; not everyone that says Lord, Lord, shall enter into it; or that professes the name of Christ, and prophesies in it; but "in" or "by power"; through the power of God, beginning, carrying on, and finishing a work of grace upon the soul, and keeping it, through faith, unto salvation: nor the kingdom of grace, or that internal principle of grace in the soul, which reigns, and by which Christ reigns there, and by which the saints appear to be kings as well as priests unto God: though this also does not lie "in word", in a profession of faith, in talking about love, and in making pretensions to the knowledge of divine things; nor merely in deeds, and outward actions, in bodily exercise, in a form of godliness, and a round of religion, and a show of righteousness;
but in power: in internal powerful godliness; for true godliness is a powerful thing; faith is powerful, and so is love; and so is prayer, and preaching; and so is all religion, internal and external, where there is the life and truth of grace, and that in exercise. But I rather think the Gospel is here meant, often in Scripture called the kingdom of God, and the doctrines of it, the mysteries of the kingdom; because it is a message from the King of kings; the means of setting up the kingdom or grace in the heart; its subjects are things concerning the kingdom of God; it is what has brought life and immortality, or an immortal life to light; and gives the best account of the invisible glories of the heavenly state, and points out the saints' meetness for it, and title to it; declaring that except a man is born again, and has a better righteousness than his own, even that of Christ's, he shall neither see nor enter into the kingdom of heaven. Now the Gospel is not in "word"; though it lies in the word of God, the Scriptures of truth: and treats of the essential word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ; and cannot be preached without words, even the words of men; yet is not to be preached with wisdom of words, with enticing words of man's wisdom, or in the words which man's wisdom teacheth; nor does the efficacy of it lie in, or depend upon the words of the preacher, or on mere moral persuasion: for whenever it is effectual, it comes not "in word only, but also in power"; 1 Thessalonians 1:5 and by "power" is meant, not a power of working miracles the first preachers of the Gospel had, and by which it was greatly confirmed; nor a godly life and conversation which that enforced upon, and engaged both ministers and people to; but the powerful efficacy of the Spirit, attending the preaching of the Gospel to the quickening of dead sinners, the enlightening of blind eyes, and unstopping of deaf ears; the softening of hard hearts, the delivering of persons from the slavery of sin and Satan, the transforming and renewing of them both inwardly and outwardly; and to the comforting, enlivening, strengthening, and establishing of the saints; all which can never be ascribed to the persuasive language of men, but to the power of God; and which is the more apparent when it is observed what mean and despicable instruments in the eyes of men are made use of: what the doctrines are that are preached, not being of man, nor agreeably to his carnal reason, but esteemed foolishness by him; and the manner in which they are propagated, not in a carnal way, by outward force, but by the foolishness of preaching: and the opposition made to it both by the enmity of man's heart unto it, by the men of the world, and by Satan and his principalities and powers.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For the kingdom of God - The reign of God in the church (see the note at Matthew 3:2); meaning here, probably, the power or authority which was to be exercised in the government and discipline of the church. Or it may refer to the manner in which the church had been established. “It has not been set up by empty boasting; by pompous pretensions; by confident assertions. Such empty boasts would do little in the great work of founding, governing, and preserving the church and unless people have some higher powers than this they are not qualified to be religious teachers and guides.”
But in power -
(1) In the miraculous power by which the church was established - the power of the Saviour and of the apostles in working miracles.
(2) In the power of the Holy Spirit in the gift of tongues, and in his influence on the heart in converting people; see the note at 1 Corinthians 1:18.
(3) In the continual power which is needful to protect, defend, and govern the church. Unless teachers showed that they had such power, they were not qualified for their office.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. For the kingdom of God — The religion of the Lord Jesus is not in word-in human eloquence, excellence of speech, or even in doctrines; but in power, εν δυναμει, in the mighty energy of the Holy Spirit; enlightening, quickening, converting, and sanctifying believers; and all his genuine apostles are enabled, on all necessary occasions, to demonstrate the truth of their calling by miracles; for this the original word often means.
