1 Corinthians 15:32
If, according to man, I fought with the beasts at Ephesus, how would that benefit me, if the dead do not rise again? “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.”
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In Context
31Daily I die, by means of your boasting, brothers: you whom I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
33Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.
Cross References
Psalms 73:13In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.
Ecclesiastes 11:9So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.
Isaiah 56:12“Come, let us take wine, and be filled by inebriation. And as it is today, so shall it be tomorrow and for a long time.”
Luke 9:25For how does it benefit a man, if he were to gain the whole world, yet lose himself, or cause himself harm?
Acts 18:19And he arrived at Ephesus, and he left them behind there. Yet truly, he himself, entering into the synagogue, was disputing with the Jews.
Acts 19:23Now at that time, there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:21-35
The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he… Read the whole commentary →