1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 10:23
23“Everything is permissible,”d but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
Footnotes
- d 10:23 Or “All things are lawful,” twice in this verse
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everything | Πάντα | Panta | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| is permissible | ἔξεστιν | exestin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1832 it is permitted, lawful, possible |
| but | ἀλλ’ | all’ | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| not | οὐ | ou | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| everything | πάντα | panta | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| is beneficial | συμφέρει | sympherei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G4851 I collect, am profitable to |
| Everything | Πάντα | Panta | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| is permissible | ἔξεστιν | exestin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1832 it is permitted, lawful, possible |
| but | ἀλλ’ | all’ | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| not | οὐ | ou | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| everything | πάντα | panta | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| is edifying | οἰκοδομεῖ | oikodomei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3618 I build, build up, edify |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Corinthians 6:12 · 1 Corinthians 8:9 · Ephesians 4:29 · Romans 14:19–20 · 1 Thessalonians 5:11 · Romans 15:1–2 · Romans 14:15 · 1 Corinthians 14:17 · 1 Corinthians 14:26 · 1 Corinthians 14:12 · 1 Timothy 1:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.