11 translations · Greek
Romans 14:17
for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- KJV King James Version
- For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- ASV American Standard Version
- for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- for God's kingdom is not about eating and drinking, but about living right, having peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
- DBY Darby Translation
- for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in [the] Holy Spirit.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| οὐ | ou | not [a matter of] | G3756 οὐ no |
| γάρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| βασιλεία | basileia | kingdom | G932 βασιλεία kingdom |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| βρῶσις | brōsis | eating | G1035 βρῶσις eating |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πόσις | posis | drinking | G4213 πόσις drink |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| δικαιοσύνη | dikaiosynē | of righteousness | G1343 δικαιοσύνη righteousness |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| εἰρήνη | eirēnē | peace | G1515 εἰρήνη peace |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| χαρὰ | chara | joy | G5479 χαρά joy |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| Πνεύματι | Pneumati | Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| Ἁγίῳ | Hagiō | [the] Holy | G40 ἅγιος holy |
Related verses
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 4:20
For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
- 1 Corinthians 8:8
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Romans 8:6
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12
to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
- Daniel 2:44
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
- John 3:3
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
- Philippians 3:9
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
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In context
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 God’s Kingdom 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.
Read all of Romans 14 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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