12All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.


In Context

9 Do ye not know that unrighteous persons shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,

10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

12 All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

14 And God has both raised up the Lord, and will raise us up from among the dead by his power.

1 Corinthians 6:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12All 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:12"Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:12All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:12All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:12All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12|All things are lawful for me,| but not all things are expedient. |All things are lawful for me,| but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I — I will not be under authority by any;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.