1 Corinthians 10:23 · KJV
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. {expedient: or, profitable}”
— 1 Corinthians 10:23
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's {wealth}.
1 Corinthians 10 — Context
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. {expedient: or, profitable}
24Let no man seek his own, but every man another's {wealth}.
25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, {that} eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:12
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. {expedient: or, profitable}
1 Corinthians 8:9
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. {liberty: or, power}
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}
Romans 14:19-20
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. {comfort: or, exhort}
Romans 15:1-2
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Romans 14:15
But if thy brother be grieved with {thy} meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. {charitably: Gr. according to charity}
1 Corinthians 14:17
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.