And if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your food ruin the one for whom Messiah died.
1 Corinthians 10:23 - The Scriptures 2009 All is permitted me, but not all do profit. All is permitted me, but not all build up. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All things are legitimate [permissible–and we are free to do anything we please], but not all things are helpful (expedient, profitable, and wholesome). All things are legitimate, but not all things are constructive [to character] and edifying [to spiritual life]. American Standard Version (1901) All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify. Common English Bible Everything is permitted, but everything isn’t beneficial. Everything is permitted, but everything doesn’t build others up. Catholic Public Domain Version All is lawful to me, but not all is edifying. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All things are lawful for me, but all things do not edify. |
And if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your food ruin the one for whom Messiah died.
So also you, since you are ardent for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in the upbuilding of the assembly.
What then is it, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all be done for upbuilding.
All is permitted me, but not all do profit. All is permitted me, but I shall not be under authority of any.
And concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
But look to it, lest somehow this right of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
Again, do you think that we defend ourselves to you? We speak before Elohim in Messiah. But all this, beloved, is for your upbuilding.
Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for the use of building up, so as to impart what is pleasant to the hearers.
Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, as indeed you do.
nor to pay attention to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than an administration of Elohim which is in belief.