Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians It is better for a man to be silent and be [a Christian], than to talk and not to be one. "The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."[107] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews And Paul, in the first to the Corinthians: "The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."[771]