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1 Corinthians 10:23
1 Corinthians 10:23 is verse 23 of 1 Corinthians chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
Or “All things are lawful,” twice in this verse
King James Version
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
World English Bible
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.
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1 Corinthians 10:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
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?
23 “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,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
1 Corinthians 8:9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Romans 14:15If 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.
Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
1 Corinthians 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians 14:3But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.
1 Corinthians 14:4The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
1 Corinthians 14:5I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.
1 Corinthians 14:12It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
1 Corinthians 14:17You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
1 Corinthians 14:26What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
Romans 14:19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
Romans 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Romans 15:2Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
2 Corinthians 12:19Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
Ephesians 4:29Let 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.
1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
1 Timothy 1:4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.