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1 Corinthians 6:12

All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but *I* will not be brought under the power of any.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

In Context

11And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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Cross References

Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under sin.

1 Corinthians 8:4concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in [the] world, and that there [is] no other God save one.

1 Corinthians 9:12If others partake of this right over you, should not rather *we*? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:23All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.

Hebrews 12:15watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:10-12

Solemn Warnings. ( a. d. 57.) 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Here he takes occasion to… Read the whole commentary →

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