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1 Corinthians 10:23

World English Bible

“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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1 Corinthians 10:23 in other translations

All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.

1 Corinthians 10:23 · American Standard Version

1 Corinthians 10:23 in context

  1. 21You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.
  2. 22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
  3. 23“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.
  4. 24Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.
  5. 25Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,