“ All things are lawful for me”– but not everything is beneficial.“ All things are lawful for me”– but I will not be controlled by anything.

凡事我都可行，但不都有益处。凡事我都可行，但无论哪一件，我总不受它的辖制。

“凡事我都可行”，但不是凡事都有益处。“凡事我都可行”，但无论哪一件，我都不受它的辖制。

“凡事我都可行”，但不是凡事都有益处。“凡事我都可行”，但无论哪一件，我都不受它的辖制。

凡事我都可以做，但并非事事都有益处；凡事我都可以做，但我不受任何事的辖制。

什么事我都可以作，但不是都有益处。什么事我都可以作，但我不要受任何事的辖制。

“什么事我都可以做”，但不都有益处；“什么事我都可以做”，但我却不受任何事的辖制。

凡事我都可行，但不都有益處。凡事我都可行，但無論哪一件，我總不受它的轄制。

「凡事我都可行」，但不是凡事都有益處。「凡事我都可行」，但無論哪一件，我都不受它的轄制。

「凡事我都可行」，但不是凡事都有益處。「凡事我都可行」，但無論哪一件，我都不受它的轄制。

凡事我都可以做，但並非事事都有益處；凡事我都可以做，但我不受任何事的轄制。

甚麼事我都可以作，但不是都有益處。甚麼事我都可以作，但我不要受任何事的轄制。

『凡事於我都可行』，但不都有益。『凡事於我都可行』，但我總不受任何事物的轄制。

「什麼事我都可以做」，但不都有益處；「什麼事我都可以做」，但我卻不受任何事的轄制。

凡物皆宜於我、然不盡有益、凡物皆宜於我、然不受其制、

或以為無不可之物、我則謂不盡有益、或以為無不可之事、我則謂不可役於彼、

物於我無不可用、但不盡有益、物於我無不可用、但我不服於一物、但我不服於一物或作但無一物能主我

『苟非犯罪、萬事皆可為之、』然亦有緩急輕重之分。『苟非犯罪、萬物皆可享之、』然亦不可令外物累吾之心、而使心為形役也。

“ I have the right to do anything,” you say— but not everything is beneficial.“ I have the right to do anything”— but I will not be mastered by anything.

Some of you say,“ I have the right to do anything.” But not everything is helpful. Again some of you say,“ I have the right to do anything.” But I will not be controlled by anything.

“ All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful.“ All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

You say,“ I am allowed to do anything”— but not everything is good for you. And even though“ I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.

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

All things are permitted for me, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

“ Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is helpful.“ Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything.

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

“ All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient.“ All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

“ Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial.“ Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s.If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.But if someone says to you,“ This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience–I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“ strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“ an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“ there is no God but one.”

For we know that the law is spiritual– but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit– twice dead, uprooted;

If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.