1 Corinthians 10:23

James Moffatt - New Testament

'All things are lawful'? Yes, but not all are good for us. 'All things are lawful'? Yes, but not all are edifying.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:12

'All things are lawful for me'? Yes, but not all are good for me. 'All things are lawful for me'? Yes, but I am not going to let anything master me.

1 Corinthians 8:9

But see that the exercise of your right does not prove any stumbling-block to the weak.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no bad word pass your lips, but only such speech as is good for edification, as occasion may require, words that are gracious and a means of grace to those who hear them.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Encourage one another, therefore, and let each edify the other — as indeed you are doing.

Romans 14:15

If your brother is being injured because you eat a certain food, then you are no longer living by the rule of love. Do not let that food of yours ruin the man for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 14:17

Your thanksgiving may be all right, but then — the other man is not edified!

1 Corinthians 14:26

Very well then, brothers; when you meet together, each contributes something — a song of praise, a lesson, a revelation, a 'tongue,' an interpretation? Good, but let every thing be for edification.

1 Timothy 1:4

and studying myths and interminable genealogies; such studies bear upon speculations rather than on the divine order which belongs to faith.

1 Corinthians 14:12

So with yourselves; since your heart is set on possessing 'spirits,' make the edification of the church your aim in this desire to excel.

1 Corinthians 8:1

With regard to food that has been offered to idols. Here, of course, 'we all possess knowledge'! Knowledge puffs up, love builds up.

2 Corinthians 12:19

You think all this time I am defending myself to you? No, I am speaking in Christ before the presence of God, and speaking every word, beloved, in order to build you up.