[Wpin]

By the way...the new NIV (2011) changed their translation to this:

23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

Little different meaning than what you posted isn’t it? Maybe next year they will have something else...

[aruanan]

23 “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive. 24Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

The earlier version doesn't have any different meaning than the later version. It's just more grammatically correct in verse 24 avoiding the singular subject "no one" and the plural possessive pronoun "their" to accomodate those who are afraid of sexist language. Both verses show Paul quoting antinomians and answering them. The later version introduced "you say--" to make even more explicit what somewhat illiterate folks were still missing in the earlier version.

There are plenty of other places in scripture where the writers emphasize the fact that being "free of the law" isn't to be confused with "being able to do whatever we want without fear of being condemned for sinning," or, as some singer wrote back in the 1970's, that Jesus "freed us from the sin in sinning."