1 Corinthians 10:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:12

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything.

1 Corinthians 8:9

Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Romans 14:15

If your brother is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 14:17

For you may give thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

1 Timothy 1:4

nor to occupy themselves with myths and endless genealogies which promote speculations rather than the divine training that is in faith;

1 Corinthians 14:12

So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” “Knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.