1 Corinthians 10:23

Freedom In Christ

²² Or are we trying to arouse the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he is? ²³ We are free to do anything, but not everything is good for us. We are free to do anything, but not everything builds up character. ²⁴ No one should look after his own advantage but after that of his neighbor.

All Things

All Things are Lawful for Me

For Us

1 Corinthians 6:12

I may do anything I please, but not everything I may do is good for me. I may do anything I please; but I am not going to let anything master me.

1 Corinthians 8:9

But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous.

Romans 14:15

For if your brother's feelings are hurt by what you eat, your life is not governed by love. You must not, by what you eat, ruin a man for whom Christ died.

Romans 14:19-20

Let us, therefore, keep before us whatever will contribute to peace and the development of one another.

Romans 15:1-2

It is the duty of us who are strong to put up with the weaknesses of those who are immature, and not just suit ourselves.

1 Corinthians 8:1

About food that has been offered to idols, it is true, as you say, that we all have some knowledge on that matter. Knowledge gives people airs; love is what builds up character.

1 Corinthians 14:3-5

But the inspired preacher does his fellow-men good and encourages and comforts them.

1 Corinthians 14:12

So since you are ambitious for spiritual endowments, you must try to excel in them in ways that will do good to the church.

1 Corinthians 14:17

You are giving thanks well enough, but it is doing him no good.

1 Corinthians 14:26

Then what is the right course, brothers? When you meet together, suppose every one of you has a song, a teaching, a revelation, an ecstatic utterance, or an explanation of one; it must all be for the good of all.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been supposing all along that it is before you I have been defending myself? It is in the sight of God and as a follower of Christ that I have been speaking. But it is all to do you good, dear friends,

Ephesians 4:29

No bad word must ever pass your lips, but only words that are good and suited to improve the occasion, so that they will be a blessing to those who hear them.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and strengthen one another, just as you are doing.

1 Timothy 1:4

nor to devote themselves to fictions and interminable pedigrees; such things lead to controversy instead of the divine system which operates through faith.