Verse 23

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 6:12 : 12 All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I -- I will not be under authority by any;
• 1 Cor 8:9 : 9 but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,
• Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
• 1 Thess 5:11 : 11 wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.
• 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;
• Rom 14:15 : 15 and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.
• Rom 14:19-20 : 19 So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another; 20 for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, `are' pure, but evil `is' to the man who is eating through stumbling.
• Rom 15:1-2 : 1 And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; 2 for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification,
• 1 Cor 14:12 : 12 so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;
• 1 Cor 14:17 : 17 for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
• 1 Cor 14:26 : 26 What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up;
• 2 Cor 12:19 : 19 Again, think ye that to you we are making defence? before God in Christ do we speak; and the all things, beloved, `are' for your up-building,
• 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --
• 1 Cor 14:3-5 : 3 and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort; 4 he who is speaking in an `unknown' tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify; 5 and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.