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1 Corinthians 10:23

1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

All things are lawful for me,.... All sorts of food are lawful to be eaten, every creature of God is good, there is nothing common or unclean in itself, polluted or polluting; and so things offered to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

All things are lawful for me - See the note at 1Co 6:12. This is a repetition of what he had said before; and it is here applied to the subject of eating the meat that had been offered to idols. The…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

All things are lawful for me - I may lawfully eat all kinds of food, but all are not expedient; ου παντα συμφερει· It would not be becoming in me to eat of all, because I should by this offend and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Corinthians 10:23-33

In this passage the apostle shows in what instances, notwithstanding, Christians might lawfully eat what had been sacrificed to idols. They must not eat it out of religious respect to the idol, nor go…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ch. 1Co 11:1. Practical directions on the subject of Meats offered in Sacrifice

23. All things are lawful for me A repetition of the words in ch. 1Co 6:12, with a more emphatic enunciation of the…