22 Do we provoke the Lord to anger? are we stronger than he?

23 (A)[a][b]All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:23 Coming to another kind of things offered to idols, he repeateth that general rule, that in the use of things indifferent we ought to have consideration not of ourselves only, but of our neighbors, and therefore these are many things which of themselves are lawful, which may be evil done of us, because of offense to our neighbor.
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:23 See 1 Cor. 6:13.

22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(A) Are we stronger than he?(B)

The Believer’s Freedom

23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(C) “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.(D)

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