📖WEB · 1 Corinthians 4:20
What does 1 Corinthians 4:20 mean?
"For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power."
— 1 Corinthians 4:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
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