1 Corinthians 10:23

Origen

• Origen, De Principiis II.7Book II

  “The phrase “it is not lawful” is, we think, used by the apostle instead of “it is not possible;” as also is the case in the passage where he says, “All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me; but all things edify not.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Baptism Chapter 16

  “The most holy apostle has said, that “all things are lawful, but not all expedient.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23, where μοι in the received text seems interpolated.

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• Tertullian, On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7

  “The same apostle exclaims: “All things are lawful, but all are not profitable.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23.

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• Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women II.9Book II

  “Thus, therefore, the apostle too: “All things,” says he, “are lawful, but not all are expedient.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23.

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• Tertullian, To His Wife II.8Book II

  “To marry otherwise is, to believers, not “lawful;” is not “expedient.”” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. x. 23.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, On the Dress of Virgins

  “But not everything that can be done ought also to be done; nor ought the broad desires that arise out of the pride of the world to be extended beyond the honour and modesty of virginity; since it is written, “All things are lawful, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful, but all things edify not.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.93Book III

  “Paul, in the first Epistle to the Corinthians: “All things are lawful, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful, but all things edify not.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy III.2Book III

  “Let no man seek his own, but each one another’s.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23, 24.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor II.1Book II

  ““For if it is lawful for me to partake of all things, yet all things are not expedient.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor II.13Book II

  “But if all things have been conferred on you, and all things allowed you, and “if all things are lawful, yet all things are not expedient,” says the apostle.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.6Book IV

  “Truly, “all things are lawful, but all things are not expedient,” says the apostle: “all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 23.

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• 1 Corinthians 14:34

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 16.

• 1 Corinthians 14:35

  Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 16.

• Philippians 2:3

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Philippians 2:4

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Philippians 3:12

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Philippians 3:15

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• 1 Timothy 4:1

  Cited together in De Principiis II.7.

• 1 Timothy 4:2

  Cited together in De Principiis II.7.

• 1 Timothy 4:3

  Cited together in De Principiis II.7.

• Titus 3:10

  Cited together in De Principiis II.7.

• Psalm 72:11

  Cited together in De Principiis II.7.

• Proverbs 9:12

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Isaiah 3:18

  Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.9.

• Ezekiel 28:3

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Joel 2:28

  Cited together in De Principiis II.7.

• Matthew 5:48

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• 1 Corinthians 9:4

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7.

• 1 Corinthians 9:11

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7.

• 1 Corinthians 9:12

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7.

• 1 Corinthians 9:13

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7.

• 1 Corinthians 9:14

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7.

• 1 Corinthians 9:15

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7.

• 1 Corinthians 9:16

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7.

• 1 Corinthians 9:17

  Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 7.