17for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.


In Context

14 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

15 Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

16 Then don't let your good be slandered,

17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

19 So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

Romans 14:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.