1 Corinthians 6:12
ALL (food) is lawful to me, but all is not expedient for me. All is lawful to me, but over me no one shall have power.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, and sold unto sin.
1 Corinthians 8:4Concerning the meat of the sacrifices of idols, then, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
1 Corinthians 9:12And if others have this power over you, much more have we. But we are not used in this power; but we bear all, lest in any thing we should hinder the gospel of the Meshiha.
1 Corinthians 10:23Every thing is lawful for me, but every thing is not expedient; every thing is lawful, but every thing doth not edify.
Hebrews 12:15And be aware lest any one be found among you failing of the grace of Aloha; or lest any root of bitternesses should put forth the flower and injure you, and many be contaminated:
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 →