1 Corinthians 4:20 (WEB)
For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XV.3Conference XV
“And when the heretic had approached him with his dialectic art, and wanted to drag him away in his ignorance to the thorns of Aristotle, the blessed Macarius put a stop to his chatter with apostolic brevity, saying: “the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 20.
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Ambrose of Milan
“But it was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people; “for the kingdom of God consisteth in simplicity of faith, not in wordy contention.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 20. Cf. ii. 4, 5.
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Clement of Alexandria
“In rebuke of those who are wise in appearance, and think themselves wise, but are not in reality wise, he writes: “For the kingdom of God is not in word.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 19, 20.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And Paul, in the first to the Corinthians: “The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 20.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XV.3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.97.