23 “Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.
23 All things are lawfulD8299, but all are not profitable; all things are lawfulD8300, but all do not edify.
lawful - 'Are lawful' is the verb, of which exousia, the word translated 'right' or 'liberty' in ch. 8.9, and 'power' in Matt. 10.1, is the noun. The word translated 'liberty' in v. 29 is different, and is opposed to 'bondage,' as in John 8.32,36; 2Cor. 3.17; Gal. 5.13. lawful - 'Are lawful' is the verb, of which exousia, the word translated 'right' or 'liberty' in ch. 8.9, and 'power' in Matt. 10.1, is the noun. The word translated 'liberty' in v. 29 is different, and is opposed to 'bondage,' as in John 8.32,36; 2Cor. 3.17; Gal. 5.13.
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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