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1 Corinthians 6:12

Context
Flee Sexual Immorality

6:12 “All things are lawful for me” 1  – but not everything is beneficial. “All things are lawful for me” – but I will not be controlled by anything.

1 Corinthians 14:19

Context
14:19 but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

1 sn All things are lawful for me. In the expressions in vv. 12-13 within quotation marks, Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior. Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.



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