'Power' in the Bible

And do not bring us into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.[For Yours is the kingdom and the powerand the glory forever. Amen.]

But Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and the men of high position exercise power over them.

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

“You have said it,” Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the future you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

At once Jesus realized in Himself that power had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My robes?”

Then He said to them, “I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them.

Jesus told them, “Are you not deceived because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God?

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

“I am,” said Jesus, “and all of you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

And he will go before Himin the spirit and power of Elijah,to turn the hearts of fathersto their children,and the disobedientto the understanding of the righteous,to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

The angel replied to her:“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.Therefore, the holy One to be bornwill be called the Son of God.

Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread throughout the entire vicinity.

Amazement came over them all, and they kept saying to one another, “What is this message? For He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”

On one of those days while He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in Him.

The whole crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming out from Him and healing them all.

“Someone did touch Me,” said Jesus. “I know that power has gone out from Me.”

Summoning the Twelve, He gave them power and authority over all the demons, and power to heal diseases.

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the Power of God.”

I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over Me.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

After they had Peter and John stand before them, they asked the question: “By what power or in what name have you done this?”

And the apostles were giving testimony with great power to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.

Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God!”

saying, “Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the Devil, because God was with Him.

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am made out of flesh, sold into sin’s power.

height or depth, or any other created thingwill have the power to separate usfrom the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!

For the Scripture tells Pharaoh:I raised you up for this reasonso that I may display My power in youand that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the good news about the Messiah from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.

Now to Him who has power to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom,

My speech and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit,

so that your faith might not be based on men’s wisdom but on God’s power.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will know not the talk but the power of those who are inflated with pride.

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

When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus with my spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus,

God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.

Then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when He abolishes all rule and all authority and power.

sown in dishonor, raised in glory;sown in weakness, raised in power;

Now the sting of death is sin,and the power of sin is the law.

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

by the message of truth,by the power of God;through weapons of righteousnesson the right hand and the left,

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power.

But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength.

He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens—

far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.

I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit,

Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us—

My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself.

May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy

For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we were among you for your benefit,

And in view of this, we always pray for you that our God will consider you worthy of His calling, and will, by His power, fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith,

For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.

holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the Devil—

who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the One who had promised was faithful.

You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.

For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

however, angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord.

to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.

Our Lord and God,You are worthy to receiveglory and honor and power,because You have created all things,and because of Your willthey exist and were created.

They said with a loud voice:The Lamb who was slaughtered is worthyto receive power and richesand wisdom and strengthand honor and glory and blessing!

saying:Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdomand thanksgiving and honorand power and strengthbe to our God forever and ever. Amen.

Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.

and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.

For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads, and they inflict injury with them.

These men have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.

saying:We thank You, Lord God, the Almighty,who is and who was,because You have taken Your great powerand have begun to reign.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:The salvation and the powerand the kingdom of our Godand the authority of His Messiahhave now come,because the accuser of our brothershas been thrown out:the one who accuses thembefore our God day and night.

The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

Then the sanctuary was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from His power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. He was given the power to burn people with fire,

and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying:Hallelujah!Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,

Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years.