1 Corinthians 6:12 (WEB)
“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.
Fathers and councils · 10
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And on this account Paul says, “All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient;” referring both to the liberty of man, in which respect “all things are lawful,” God exercising no compulsion in regard to him; and [by the expression] “not…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
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Jerome
“If more than one husband be allowed, it makes no difference whether he be a second or a third, because there is no longer a question of single marriage.“All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment“But lest any one should apply my words (that it is better for a woman to prostitute herself to one man than to several) to a first marriage when my whole argument dealt with digamy and trigamy, I marked my own view of these practices with the words: “‘All things are lawful, but all things are not expedient.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment““All things are lawful, but all things are not expedient.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment“…wives in the lifetime of their husbands come to realize the truth of the apostle’s words: “all things are lawful unto me but all things are not expedient,” and make eunuchs of themselves for the kingdom of heaven’s sake either by consent after their regeneration through the baptismal laver, or else in the ardour…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
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Ambrose of Milan
“I say more, I do not forbid second, but do not approve of often repeated marriages, for not everything is expedient which is lawful: “All things are lawful to me,” says the Apostle, “but all things are not expedient.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment“Thus in the holy Scriptures, if we look carefully we shall often find that what is virtuous is called useful: “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not profitable” [useful].” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
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Leo the Great
“But one who craves pardon for unlawful doings ought to abstain even from many things that are lawful, as says the Apostle, “all things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
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Basil the Great
““All things are lawful but all things are not expedient.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For “are not all things lawful to me? yet I will not be brought under the power of any,” so as to do, or think, or speak aught contrary to the Gospel.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 12.
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 11.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 11.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 11.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 11.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 11.