The best Bible verses for power (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for power (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power."1 Corinthians 1:17
"For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power."1 Corinthians 1:17
"For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."1 Corinthians 1:18
"but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God."1 Corinthians 1:24
"and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,"1 Corinthians 2:4
"But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power."1 Corinthians 4:19
"When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,"1 Corinthians 5:4
"to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues."1 Corinthians 12:10
"Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power."1 Corinthians 15:24
"It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power."1 Corinthians 15:43
"who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."1 Peter 1:5
"who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him."1 Peter 3:22
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for power (ESV) are 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:24. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to power (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for power (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.