1Cor 6:12 Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:12

12: You may say, "I am allowed to do anything." But I reply, "Not everything is good for you." And even though "I am allowed to do anything," I must not become a slave to anything.

1 Corinthians 10:23

  1. You say, "I am allowed to do anything"--but not everything is helpful. You say, "I am allowed to do anything"--but not everything is beneficial.
  2. Don't think only of your own good. Think of other Christians and what is best for them.
  3. Here's what you should do. You may eat any meat that is sold in the marketplace. Don't ask whether or not it was offered to idols, and then your conscience won't be bothered.
  4. For "the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it."
  5. If someone who isn't a Christian asks you home for dinner, go ahead; accept the invitation if you want to. Eat whatever is offered to you and don't ask any questions about it. Your conscience should not be bothered by this.

1 Corinthians 9:27

  1. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

Romans 14:14

  1. I know and am perfectly sure on the authority of the Lord Jesus that no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat. But if someone believes it is wrong, then for that person it is wrong.
  2. And if another Christian is distressed by what you eat, you are not acting in love if you eat it. Don't let your eating ruin someone for whom Christ died.
  3. Then you will not be condemned for doing something you know is all right.
  4. For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  5. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God. And other people will approve of you, too.

1 Corinthians 8:7

  1. However, not all Christians realize this. Some are accustomed to thinking of idols as being real, so when they eat food that has been offered to idols, they think of it as the worship of real gods, and their weak consciences are violated.
  2. It's true that we can't win God's approval by what we eat. We don't miss out on anything if we don't eat it, and we don't gain anything if we do.
  3. But you must be careful with this freedom of yours. Do not cause a brother or sister with a weaker conscience to stumble.
  4. You see, this is what can happen: Weak Christians who think it is wrong to eat this food will see you eating in the temple of an idol. You know there's nothing wrong with it, but they will be encouraged to violate their conscience by eating food that has been dedicated to the idol.
  5. So because of your superior knowledge, a weak Christian, for whom Christ died, will be destroyed.

Hebrews 12:15

  1. Look after each other so that none of you will miss out on the special favor of God. Watch out that no bitter root of unbelief rises up among you, for whenever it springs up, many are corrupted by its poison.
  2. Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau. He traded his birthright as the oldest son for a single meal.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

  1. It wasn't that we didn't have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

1 Corinthians 8:4

  1. So now, what about it? Should we eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God and no other.

Romans 7:14

  1. The law is good, then. The trouble is not with the law but with me, because I am sold into slavery, with sin as my master.

Jude 1:12

  1. When these people join you in fellowship meals celebrating the love of the Lord, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you. They are shameless in the way they care only about themselves. They are like clouds blowing over dry land without giving rain, promising much but producing nothing. They are like trees without fruit at harvesttime. They are not only dead but doubly dead, for they have been pulled out by the roots.

1 Corinthians 9:12

  1. If you support others who preach to you, shouldn't we have an even greater right to be supported? Yet we have never used this right. We would rather put up with anything than put an obstacle in the way of the Good News about Christ.
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