things are lawful.

1 Corinthians 6:12
"Everything is permissible for me, " but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me, " but I will not be mastered by anything.

1 Corinthians 8:9
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

Romans 14:15, 20
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died. . . .

edify.

1 Corinthians 8:1
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 14:3-5, 12, 17, 26
But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort. . . .

Romans 14:19
So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Romans 15:1, 2
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. . . .

2 Corinthians 12:19
Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

1 Timothy 1:4
or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God's work, which is by faith.