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All thingsΠάνταare permitted,ἔξεστινbutἀλλ’notοὐall thingsπάνταare beneficial;συμφέρειall thingsπάνταare permitted,ἔξεστινbutἀλλ’notοὐall thingsπάνταbuild up.οἰκοδομεῖ
1 Corinthians 10:23
Study it in the app“All things are permitted, but not all things are beneficial; all things are permitted, but not all things build up.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 10:23, word by word
- are permittedἔξεστινexestin
it is lawful
It is permitted, it is lawful under the law.
Where else “exestin” appears- are beneficialσυμφέρειsympherei
be useful
To be useful to someone.
Where else “sympherei” appears- build upοἰκοδομεῖoikodomei
build up
To help others grow in faith.
Where else “oikodomei” appears
The context
22Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he, are we?
23 · This verse (above)
24Let no one seek his own good, but that of the other.