Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

1 Corinthians 6:12

“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

KJV

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.

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΠάνταPantaAll thingsG3956 →
μοιmoito meG3165 →
ἔξεστινexestinare lawfulG1832 →
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235 →
οὐounotG3756 →
πάνταpantaall thingsG3956 →
συμφέρει·sumphereido profit;G4851 →
πάνταpantaAll thingsG3956 →
μοιmoito meG3165 →
ἔξεστινexestinare lawfulG1832 →
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
ἐξουσιασθήσομαιexousiasthēsomaiwill be masteredG1850 →
ὑπόhupobyG5259 →
τινος.tinosanything.G5100 →

The walk

Related verses

17 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Corinthians 10:23“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.1 Corinthians 10:23–33“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.Hebrews 12:15–16See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.Romans 14:14–23I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.1 Corinthians 8:7–13But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.2 Thessalonians 3:9Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.Genesis 27:3Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.2 Corinthians 12:1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.2 Kings 5:16But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.2 Corinthians 8:10And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.

Featured studies on this passage

On 1 Corinthians 6:12

Discipline and Lawsuits, MannaFest

Open the study →

Jesus Washing Peter's Feet — Ford Madox Brown

Walks through 1 Corinthians 6

Made Holy

Open the study →

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — engraving by Gustave Doré

Walks through 1 Corinthians 6

The Tabernacle

A floor plan of the gospel. Eight furniture pieces, three concentric zones, one veil torn the moment Christ died. Among the most architecturally complete typological structures in Scripture.

Open the study →

The Jewish Bride — Rembrandt

Walks through 1 Corinthians 6

The Bride & the Jewish Wedding

Open the study →

About 1 Corinthians

The Crucifixion — 'Christ crucified' (1 Cor 2:2) — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
The Crucifixion — 'Christ crucified' (1 Cor 2:2) — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
1 Corinthians: the study guide →Read chapter 6 →The featured study →
Continue: 1 Corinthians 6 →