1 Corinthians 10:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. ”

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All things are lawful for me - See the note at 1 Corinthians 6:12 . This is a repetition of what he had said before; and it is here applied to the subject of eating the meat that had been offere...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) (t) All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. (6) Coming to another type of things offered to idols, he repeats that...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 to 1 Corinthians 11:1 . From the meal in the idol's temple Paul passes to the question as it arose in daily life. He repeats that while all might be lawful all was not expedien...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

all things, &c . = not all things are expedient, or profitable. all things, &c . = not all things edify. Greek. oikodomeo. See Acts 9:31 .
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. All things are lawful for me Again he returns to the right of Christian liberty, by which the Corinthians defended themselves, and sets aside their objection by giving the same explanati...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. All things are lawful for me - I may lawfully eat all kinds of food, but all ar...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 .— The Apostle here proceeds with another argument against things offered to idols, wherein he shews the danger which might be in it, from the scandal it might give, supposin...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. All things are lawful for me ... Recurring to the Corinthian plea ( 1 C...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) Food offered to Idols In these Chapter s St. Paul answers another question of the Corinthians—as to the lawfulness of eating food which had been offered in sacrifice to idols. This was a ver...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All things are lawful for me. — The Apostle now proceeds to conclude, with some practical direction and advice, the question of the eating of meat offered to idols, from which immediate subject the...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS IN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. An...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Do All to the Glory of God” 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1 There seems to be a, clear distinction in the Apostle's directions between feasting in an idol temple on the one hand,...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A great warning based on an illustration in Israel's history is contained in these words, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." To this warning the apostle adds that t...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(23) 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. (25) Whatsoe...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All things are lawful for me ,.... All sorts of food are lawful to be eaten, every creature of God is good, there is nothing common or unclean in itself, polluted or polluting; and so things offered...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. Ver. 23. All things are not expedient ] An liceat, an deceat, an expediat,...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All things , &c. He here comes to speak of another case, namely, the buying and eating privately, meats which had been offered to idols: are lawful for me All kinds of meats according to the g...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christian Liberty. A. D. 57. 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedie...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All things here must necessarily signify many things, or, at least, (as some think), all those things I have spoken of, to eat meat offered to idols, &c. But if we interpret it in the latter se...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.' Again he takes up their own challenge that 'all things are lawful to us' (compare 1 Corin...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 10:1 .—Notice “ for ,” true reading, connecting closely with ix. ult. Q.d . “I am not secure from becoming a ‘castaway’; you are not yet sure of the prize; for it...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:15-19 . I Speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the com...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 10:1 . I would not have you ignorant of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; that our fathers, for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respect...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 10:1-46 Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations. 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover ; rather, for. He has just shown the...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Christian principles involved:
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 14:12 ; 1 Corinthians 14:17 ; 1 Corinthians 14:26 ; 1 Corinthians 14:3-5 ; 1 Corinthians 6:12 ; 1 Corinthians 8:1 ; 1 Corinthians 8:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ; 1 Timothy 1:4 ;...
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Supposing this were lawful in itself, yet it is not expedient, it is not edifying to my neighbour.

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 10:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 10:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes