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Source language
Original Greek   
οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ βρῶσις καὶ πόσις, ἀλλὰ δικαιοσύνη καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ χαρὰ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
ou gar estin e basileia tou theou brosis kai posis, alla dikaiosune kai eirene kai khara en pneumati agio*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
non est regnum Dei esca et potus sed iustitia et pax et gaudium in Spiritu Sancto

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Authorized (King James) Version   
for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
New King James Version   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
21st Century King James Version   
for the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For The Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but the righteousness and the peace and the joy in The Spirit of Holiness.
Darby Bible Translation   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
God's Word   
God's kingdom does not consist of what a person eats or drinks. Rather, God's kingdom consists of God's approval and peace, as well as the joy that the Holy Spirit gives.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
International Standard Version   
For God's kingdom does not consist of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy produced by the Holy Spirit.
NET Bible   
For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
New American Standard Bible   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
New International Version   
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
New Living Translation   
For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Weymouth New Testament   
For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit;
The World English Bible   
for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
EasyEnglish Bible   
We belong to God's people and he is our King. The things that we eat and drink are not really important to him. This is important: We should do what is right. We should have peace in our minds. And we should be truly happy. God's Holy Spirit helps us to live like that.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
New Life Version   
For the holy nation of God is not food and drink. It is being right with God. It is peace and joy given by the Holy Spirit.
Revised Geneva Translation   
For the kingdom of God is not food nor drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
The Voice Bible   
because the kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking. When God reigns, the order of the day is redeeming justice, true peace, and joy made possible by the Holy Spirit.
Living Bible   
For, after all, the important thing for us as Christians is not what we eat or drink but stirring up goodness and peace and joy from the Holy Spirit.
New Catholic Bible   
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of food and drink but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Legacy Standard Bible   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
for the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Christian Standard Bible   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
New Century Version   
In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. The important things are living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
The Message   
God’s kingdom isn’t a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness’ sake. It’s what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you’ll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For the kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
New Matthew Bible   
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Good News Translation®   
For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.
Wycliffe Bible   
For why the realm of God is not meat and drink, but rightwiseness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
New Testament for Everyone   
God’s kingdom, you see, isn’t about food and drink, but about justice, peace, and joy in the holy spirit.
Contemporary English Version   
God's kingdom isn't about eating and drinking. It is about pleasing God, about living in peace, and about true happiness. All this comes from the Holy Spirit.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the kingdom of God does not mean food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
I am convinced, and I say this as in the presence of Christ himself, that nothing is intrinsically unholy. But none the less it is unholy to the man who thinks it is. If your habit of unrestricted diet seriously upsets your brother, you are no longer living in love towards him. And surely you wouldn’t let food mean ruin to a man for whom Christ died. You mustn’t let something that is all right for you look like an evil practice to somebody else. After all, the kingdom of Heaven is not a matter of whether you get what you like to eat and drink, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. If you put these things first in serving Christ you will please God and are not likely to offend men. So let us concentrate on the things which make for harmony, and on the growth of one another’s character. Surely we shouldn’t wish to undo God’s work for the sake of a plate of meat! I freely admit that all food is, in itself. harmless, but it can be harmful to the man who eats it with a guilty conscience. We should be willing to be both vegetarians and teetotallers if by doing otherwise we should impede a brother’s progress in faith. Your personal convictions are a matter of faith between yourself and God, and you are happy if you have no qualms about what you allow yourself to eat. Yet if a man eats meat with an uneasy conscience about it, you may be sure he is wrong to do so. For his action does not spring from his faith, and when we act apart from our faith we sin.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Common English Bible © 2011   
God’s kingdom isn’t about eating food and drinking but about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;
New American Standard Bible   
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
The Expanded Bible   
·In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important [L For the kingdom of God is not (about) eating and drinking]. The important things are ·living right with God [righteousness], peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Tree of Life Version   
for the kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking, but righteousness and shalom and joy in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
Revised Standard Version   
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;
New International Reader's Version   
God’s kingdom is not about eating or drinking. It is about doing what is right and having peace and joy. All this comes through the Holy Spirit.
BRG Bible   
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Complete Jewish Bible   
for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, shalom and joy in the Ruach HaKodesh.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The kingdom of God is not about what a person eats and drinks. But it is about living in a way which is right with God. It is peace. It is joy because a person has the Holy Spirit.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For the Malchut Hashem is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of tzedek (righteousness, DANIEL 9:24), shalom (peace) and simcha b’Ruach Hakodesh.
Names of God Bible   
God’s kingdom does not consist of what a person eats or drinks. Rather, God’s kingdom consists of God’s approval and peace, as well as the joy that the Holy Spirit gives.
Modern English Version   
For the kingdom of God does not mean eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Easy-to-Read Version   
In God’s kingdom, what we eat and drink is not important. Here is what is important: a right way of life, peace, and joy—all from the Holy Spirit.
International Children’s Bible   
In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. The important things are living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Lexham English Bible   
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
New International Version - UK   
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.