1st Corinthians Chapter 10 verse 23 Holy Bible
All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.
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We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.
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All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.
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All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
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"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful for me," but not all things build up.
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All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - All things are lawful for me (see 1 Corinthians 6:12). The "for me" is not found in א, A, B, C, D. St. Paul repeats the assertion and its limitations, because he has now proved their force. He has shown that Christian liberty must be modified by considerations of expediency and edification in accordance with the feelings of sympathy and charity.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) All things are lawful for me.--The Apostle now proceeds to conclude, with some practical direction and advice, the question of the eating of meat offered to idols, from which immediate subject the strong expression of personal feeling in 1Corinthians 8:13 had led him to branch off into the various aspects of collateral matters which have occupied him since, and to which the subject treated of in 1Corinthians 10:14-22 of this chapter naturally lead back the thoughts of the writer. He repeats here the great principle of Christian liberty, "All things are lawful for me" (see 1Corinthians 6:12), but insists, as before, that its application must be limited by a regard (1) to the effect which each action has upon ourselves, and (2) its influence on the Church at large. "Does this act tend to my own spiritual profit? Does it tend to build up others?" should be the practical rules of Christian life.
