1 Corinthians 6:12

Which verses does 1 Corinthians 6:12 point to?

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

1. 1 Corinthians 10:23–3331 votes

   “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying. No one should seek his own good, but the good of others. …

2. 1 Corinthians 9:2722 votes

   No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

3. Hebrews 12:15–1618 votes

   See 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. See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

4. Romans 14:14–2315 votes

   I 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. 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. …

5. 1 Corinthians 8:7–1310 votes

   But 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. But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. …

6. 2 Thessalonians 3:98 votes

   Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

7. 1 Corinthians 8:47 votes

   So 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.

8. Jude 1:127 votes

   These 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.

9. Romans 7:146 votes

   We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

10. 1 Corinthians 9:126 votes

    If 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.

Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 6:12?

The 10 strongest of 12.

• 1 Corinthians 10:23 35
• 1 Corinthians 9:27 25
• 2 Corinthians 5:10 8
• Romans 14:20 6
• 1 Corinthians 8:13 6
• Titus 1:15 5
• Genesis 27:3 3
• Deuteronomy 14:26 3
• Leviticus 15:18 2
• 2 Kings 5:16 2