1 Corinthians 15:32
If, after the manner of men, I have fought with wild-beasts at Ephesus, what, to me, the profit? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for, tomorrow, we die.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
31Day by day, am I dying!—Yea! by your own boasting, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
33Be not deceiving yourselves,—evil communications corrupt gentle manners:—
Cross References
Psalms 73:13Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;
Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou—in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes,—yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.
Isaiah 56:12Come ye! I will fetch wine Let us fill ourselves with strong drink,—And like this day, shall, to-morrow be—Great beyond measure!
Luke 9:25For what doth a man profit, who hath gained the whole world, but hath lost, or been made to forfeit, himself?
Acts 18:19And they came down to Ephesus; and, as for them, he left them there,—but, himself entering into the synagogue, he reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 19:23And there arose during that season no small disturbance concerning the Way.
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 →