Verse 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 any.
CONCERNING FORNICATION
Paul here used a catch phrase which evidently had wide acceptance among the Corinthians. The liberty in Christ which made "all things lawful" was a relative, not an absolute principle; and any notion that the existence of appetites justified their gratification was not true then, or ever. "Some of them were evidently quoting this to justify their promiscuous sexual behavior; but Paul positively stated that it did not so apply."[24]
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