1 Corinthians 10:23

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Summary

1 Corinthians 10:23

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

Things are lawful

1 Corinthians 6:12

1 Corinthians 8:9

Romans 14:15

Edify

General references

2 Corinthians 6:3

Bible References

Things are lawful

"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be mastered by anything.

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your eating destroy the one for whom Christ died.

Edify

Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their edification and encouragement and comfort.

Let us therefore pursue what makes for peace and for mutual edification.

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building others up according to the need of the moment, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than the divine trainingwhich is by faith.

General references

We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.