All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
Even of his lord's indulgence! Thus, therefore, the apostle too: "All things "says he, "are lawful, but not all are expedient.".
Is, to believers, not "lawful; "is not "expedient.".
Let it now be granted that repetition of marriage is lawful, if everything which is lawful is good. The same apostle exclaims: "All things are lawful, but all are not profitable."
