1 Corinthians 10:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some of you say, “We can do whatever we want to!” But I tell you that not everything may be good or helpful.

Cross References

Romans 14:15

If you are hurting others by the foods you eat, you are not guided by love. Don't let your appetite destroy someone Christ died for.

1 Corinthians 14:12

If you really want spiritual gifts, choose the ones that will be most helpful to the church.

1 Corinthians 14:17

You may be worshipping God in a wonderful way, but no one else will be helped.

1 Corinthians 14:26

My friends, when you meet to worship, you must do everything for the good of everyone there. That's how it should be when someone sings or teaches or tells what God has said or speaks an unknown language or explains what the language means.

1 Corinthians 6:12

Some of you say, “We can do anything we want to.” But I tell you that not everything is good for us. So I refuse to let anything have power over me.

1 Corinthians 8:1

In your letter you asked me about food offered to idols. All of us know something about this subject. But knowledge makes us proud of ourselves, while love makes us helpful to others.

1 Corinthians 8:9

Don't cause problems for someone with a weak conscience, just because you have the right to eat anything.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? Actually, we have been speaking to God as followers of Christ. But, my friends, we did it all for your good.

Ephesians 4:29

Stop all your dirty talk. Say the right thing at the right time and help others by what you say.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

That's why you must encourage and help each other, just as you are already doing.

1 Timothy 1:4

You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.