1 CORINTHIANS 6:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
'Everything is permissible for me'—but not everything is beneficial. 'Everything is permissible for me'—but I will not be mastered by anything. — Paul quotes what appears to be a Corinthian slogan, likely derived from misunderstanding his own teaching on freedom in Christ. The repetition frames two crucial qualifications: beneficence (sympherei = conducive to building up) and mastery (exousiasthēsomai = dominated, enslaved). Freedom is not absolute autonomy but responsible stewardship; the Christian is free to serve Christ, not free to be enslaved to appetite or vice.
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