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for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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The Kingdom's True Nature
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul is making a crucial distinction. The Christian faith, or the "kingdom of God," is not defined by external regulations like dietary laws. Instead, its true nature is found in internal, spiritual realities. This verse calls believers to prioritize the substance of faith over secondary, ceremonial matters.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the kingdom of God. For an explanation of this phrase, see Barnes on Matthew 3:2.
Here it means that the peculiarities…
The kingdom of God (η βασιλεια του θεου). Not the future kingdom of eschatology, but the present spiritual kingdom, the reign of G…
19th Century
Anglican
Meat and drink.—Strictly, eating and drinking.
Righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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In v.16, the “good” must be understood as the liberty to eat, since all foods are regarded as clean. This liberty, however, if resented because it …
16th Century
Protestant
For the kingdom of God, etc. He now, on the other hand, teaches us that we can abstain without loss from the use of our liberty, because t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink Neither the kingdom of glory, nor the ultimate glory and happiness of t…
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Christ deals gently with those who have true grace, even though they are weak in it. Consider the design of Christ's death; also, that drawing a so…
13th Century
Catholic
After forbidding human judgments, the Apostle now forbids putting stumbling blocks before one’s neighbor.
He structures his argume…