1 Corinthians 10:23
All thynges are laufull vnto me but all thynges are not expedient. All thynges are lawfull to me but all thinges edifye not.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
22Ether shall we provoke the lorde? Or are we stronger then he?
24Let no man seke his awne proffet: but let every man seke anothers welthe.
Cross References
Romans 14:15If thy brother be greved with thy meate now walkest thou not charitablye. Destroye not him with thy meate for whom Christ dyed.
Romans 15:1We which are stronge ought to beare the fraylnes of them which are weake and not to stonde in oure awne cosaytes.
1 Corinthians 8:1To speake of thinges dedicate vnto ydols we are sure that we all have knowledge. knowledge maketh a man swell: but love edifieth.
1 Corinthians 14:3But he that prophesieth speaketh vnto men to edifyinge to exhortacion and to comforte.
1 Corinthians 14:17Thou verely gevest thankes well but the other is not edyfied.
2 Corinthians 12:19Agayne thynke ye that we excuse oure selves? We speake in Christ in the sight of God. But we do all thynges dearly beloved for youre edifyinge.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:16-23
Against Countenancing Idolatry. ( a. d. 57.) 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered… Read the whole commentary →