be for self but for others. The real question is not whether an action is “lawful” or “right” or even “all right,” but whether it is good, whether it benefits.282 In light of the full context of this section that could perhaps mean, “to one’s own benefit.”283 Elsewhere in this letter, however, this word denotes benefiting someone else (it is parallel with “build up” in 10:23; cf. 10:33). Probably that is what lies behind the qualification here as well.284 Truly Christian conduct is not predicated