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

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Word by word

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EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
EverythingΠάνταPantaAdjective - Nominative Neuter PluralG3956 all, the whole, every kind of
is permissibleἔξεστινexestinVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1832 it is permitted, lawful, possible
butἀλλ’all’ConjunctionG235 but, except
notοὐouAdverbG3756 no, not
everythingπάνταpantaAdjective - Nominative Neuter PluralG3956 all, the whole, every kind of
is beneficialσυμφέρειsymphereiVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG4851 I collect, am profitable to
EverythingΠάνταPantaAdjective - Nominative Neuter PluralG3956 all, the whole, every kind of
is permissibleἔξεστινexestinVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1832 it is permitted, lawful, possible
butἀλλ’all’ConjunctionG235 but, except
notοὐouAdverbG3756 no, not
everythingπάνταpantaAdjective - Nominative Neuter PluralG3956 all, the whole, every kind of
is edifyingοἰκοδομεῖoikodomeiVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG3618 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.