20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.


In Context

17 For this reason I have sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in mind of my ways as they are in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

18 But some have been puffed up, as if I were not coming to you;

19 but I will come quickly to you, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of those that are puffed up, but the power.

20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

21 What will ye? that I come to you with a rod; or in love, and in a spirit of meekness?

1 Corinthians 4:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:20For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:20For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.