all things are lawful for me but not all things are expedient – that’s deliverance in itself. that i can doesn’t mean i should. the critical faculty dimension of wisdom is a prerequisite for exercising liberties, you have to be shrewd enough to say no to good things. refusing to indulge in temptations is cool but there’s a higher realm of mental aikido. dumping a good choice for a greater one, a smart move for the best move. you need it in every realm of human endeavor.
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
— 1 Corinthians 6:12.

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