Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 10:23
American Standard Version
All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.
Amplified® Bible
All things are legitimate [permissible--and we are free to do anything we please], but not all things are helpful (expedient, profitable, and wholesome). All things are legitimate, but not all things are constructive [to character] {and} edifying [to spiritual life].
Contemporary English Version
Some of you say, "We can do whatever we want to!" But I tell you that not everything may be good or helpful.
Darby English Version
All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.
Good News Bible
"We are allowed to do anything," so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. "We are allowed to do anything"---but not everything is helpful.
International Standard Version
Everything is permissible, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up.
King James Version
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
New American Standard Bible
All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.
New International Version
"Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive.
New King James Version
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All things I deem lawful, but not all things profit All things I deem as lawful, but not all things edify.
Young's Literal Translation
All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;
