1 Corinthians 10:23
21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
- KJV
- All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
- WEB
- “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.
- ASV
- All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.
- DARBY
- All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.
- BLB
- “All things are lawful,” but not all things are profitable; “All things are lawful,” but not all things edify.
- ÅB
- Jeg har lov til alt, men ikke alt gagner; jeg har lov til alt, men ikke alt oppbygger.
- OTB
- "Alt er tillatt," men ikke alt er til nytte. "Alt er tillatt," men ikke alt bygger opp.
- B1930
- Jeg har lov til alt, men ikke alt gagner; jeg har lov til alt, men ikke alt opbygger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:12
“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:9
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Read in contextEphesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read in contextRomans 14:19–20
So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
Read in contextRomans 15:1–2
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Read in contextRomans 14:15
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:17
You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
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