- Bible
- 1 Corinthians
- Chapter 10
- Verse 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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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