Romans 14:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Isaiah 32:17

And the work of justice will be peace. And the service of justice will be quiet and secure, forever.

Isaiah 45:24

For every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall swear it.

Isaiah 55:12

For you will go forth rejoicing, and you will be led forward in peace. The mountains and the hills will sing praise before you, and all the trees of the countryside will clap their hands.

Isaiah 61:3

to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.

Daniel 2:44

But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks of years are concentrated on your people and on your holy city, so that transgression shall be finished, and sin shall reach an end, and iniquity shall be wiped away, and so that everlasting justice shall be brought in, and vision and prophecy shall be fulfilled, and the Saint of saints shall be anointed.

Matthew 3:2

and saying: "Repent. For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near."

Matthew 6:33

Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.

Luke 14:15

When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God."

John 16:33

These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world."

John 3:3

Jesus responded and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."

John 3:5

Jesus responded: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts 13:52

The disciples were likewise filled with gladness and with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 9:31

Certainly, the Church had peace throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and it was being built up, while walking in the fear of the Lord, and it was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:6

For the prudence of the flesh is death. But the prudence of the spirit is life and peace.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who was made by God to be our wisdom and justice and sanctification and redemption.

1 Corinthians 4:20

For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in virtue.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers,

1 Corinthians 8:8

Yet food does not commend us to God. For if we eat, we will not have more, and if we do not eat, we will not have less.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,

Philippians 2:1

Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, any solace of charity, any fellowship of the Spirit, any feelings of commiseration:

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.

Philippians 3:9

and so that you may be found in him, not having my justice, which is of the law, but that which is of the faith of Christ Jesus, the justice within faith, which is of God.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say, rejoice.

Philippians 4:7

And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:11

being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

in which we were pleading with you and consoling you, bearing witness, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you into his kingdom and glory.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by changing or strange doctrines. And it is best for the heart to be sustained by grace, not by foods. For the latter have not been as useful to those who walked by them.

1 Peter 1:8

For though you have not seen him, you love him. In him also, though you do not see him, you now believe. And in believing, you shall exult with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted an equal faith with us in the justice of our God and in our Savior Jesus Christ.