1 Corinthians 6:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.”
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““Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 6:12 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
- Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- Romans 14:14I 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.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4So 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.
- 1 Corinthians 8:7But 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.
- 1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- 1 Corinthians 10:23“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
- Hebrews 12:15See 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.
- Jude 1:12These 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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