1 Corinthians 10:23

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We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 6:12 : 12 I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.
  • 1 Cor 8:9 : 9 But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.
  • 1 Thess 5:11 : 11 So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.
  • Rom 14:15 : 15 And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.
  • Rom 14:19-20 : 19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another. 20 Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.
  • Rom 15:1-2 : 1 We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves. 2 Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.
  • 1 Cor 14:12 : 12 So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.
  • 1 Cor 14:17 : 17 For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.
  • 1 Cor 14:26 : 26 What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.
  • 2 Cor 12:19 : 19 It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
  • 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;
  • 1 Cor 14:3-5 : 3 But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength. 4 He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church. 5 Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 6:12-13
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    12I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

    13Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

  • 1 Cor 10:24-26
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    24Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.

    25Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;

    26For the earth is the Lord's and all things in it.

  • 1 Cor 10:22
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    22Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

  • 1 Cor 8:8-10
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    8But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

    9But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.

    10For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?

  • 1 Cor 10:31-33
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    31So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

    32Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

    33Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

  • Rom 14:19-21
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    19So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

    20Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

    21It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.

  • 1 Cor 9:21-23
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    21To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

    22To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

    23And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

  • 1 Cor 14:40
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    40Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

  • 1 Cor 7:6
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    6But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

  • Phil 4:13
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    13I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

  • 1 Cor 8:13
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    13For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Let all you do be done in love.

  • 1 Cor 8:1
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    1Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

  • Eph 5:10
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    10Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;

  • 1 Cor 10:19
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    19Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

    4For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

  • Rom 7:16
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    16But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.

  • 1 Cor 9:8
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    8Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

  • Gal 5:23
    67%

    23Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

  • Rom 7:23
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    23But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

  • 1 Tim 4:8
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    8For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

  • 1 Tim 1:8
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    8We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it,

  • Rom 14:13
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    13Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

  • 1 Cor 13:3
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    3And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Rom 14:2
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    2One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

  • 1 Cor 3:10
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    10In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

  • Rom 7:14
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    14For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

  • Rom 7:7
    66%

    7What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.