Romans 14:17

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Summary

Romans 14:17

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

Kingdom

Is

1 Corinthians 8:8

Colossians 2:16

Hebrews 13:9

But

General references

Bible References

Kingdom

And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

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

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.

Is

But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

But

Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

General references

And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.

As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

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

Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.