Cross references

1 Corinthians 10:23

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

1 Corinthians 10:23 BSB
  1. a Or “All things are lawful,” twice in this verse

1 Corinthians 10:23 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Corinthians 6:12 (35 votes) and 1 Corinthians 8:9 (27 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 9 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does 1 Corinthians 10:23 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

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

  2. Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

  3. Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

  4. So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

  5. Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

  6. We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

  7. If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

  8. You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.

  9. What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.

  10. It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.

  11. Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

  12. Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 10:23?

The 10 strongest of 13.