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NASB | 1 Corinthians 6:12 ¶ All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 6:12 ¶ Everything is permissible for me, but not all things are beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything [and brought under its power, allowing it to control me]. |
Subject: is smoking a sin? |
Bible Note: Hi Brenda, First of all, I'm a non-smoker. I briefly looked at the site and it makes its' point. With your question, I thought of James 4:17. Though there is no direct scriptural prohibition against smoking, 1 Cor. 6:19 makes a good case. Even with that said, I wouldn't call smoking one of the "Filthy 5", or "Nasty Nine". Without making light of anything, you are under grace. God's not going to send you to hell for it, and I don't think it would seriously hamper your testimony?! Think of this: If we all had glass heads, and everyone could view our thought lives, we'd ALL be in serious trouble! "The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more" (Rom. 5:20) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |