1 Corinthians 6:12 Douay-Rheims

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Philoxenus of Mabbug

c. A.D. 450–523 Patristic

And that a free man is not fettered by a lust for anything he sheweth by his freedom, and in that he hath the power and doth not make use thereof, he doubleth readily the freedom thereof, and he preserveth it from being dissipated, even as Paul writeth concerning this freedom, saying, "I have power to do everything, but not everything edifieth." And that thou mayest learn that it is thus with all other things, and especially in the matter of eating and not eating, he maketh known the power of his freedom and saith immediately after these words, "Meats of the belly, and the belly of meats, but God will bring both of them to nought."

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A.D. 523 · on 1Cor 6:12 (13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence)

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