1 Corinthians 6:12

¹⁰ Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

¹¹ And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

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.

¹³ Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

¹⁴ And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

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
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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1 Corinthians 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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Hebrews 12:15–16
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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Romans 14:14–23
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
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1 Corinthians 8:7–13
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
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2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
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1 Corinthians 8:4
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
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Jude 1:12
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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