1 Corinthians 6:12

¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

¹¹ And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

¹³ “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

¹⁴ By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
KJV: All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
WEB: “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.
ASV: All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.
DARBY: All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but *I* will not be brought under the power of any.
BLB: “All things are lawful to me,” but not all things profit. “All things are lawful to me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

ÅB: Jeg har lov til alt - men ikke alt gagner; jeg har lov til alt - men jeg skal ikke la noe få makten over meg.
OTB: Alle ting er tillatt for meg, men ikke alle ting er fordelaktige. Alle ting er tillatt for meg, men jeg vil ikke bli behersket av noe.
B1930: Jeg har lov til alt - men ikke alt gagner; jeg har lov til alt - men jeg skal ikke la noget få makten over mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 10:23–33
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
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1 Corinthians 9:27
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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Hebrews 12:15–16
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
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Romans 14:14–23
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
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1 Corinthians 8:7–13
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
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2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
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1 Corinthians 8:4
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
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Jude 1:12
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
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