1 Corinthians 15:32
If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then — ‘Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die’!
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
33Do not be deceived. ‘Good character is marred by evil company.’
Cross References
Luke 9:25What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?
Acts 18:19They put into Ephesus, and there Paul, leaving his companions, went into the Synagogue and addressed the Jews.
Acts 19:23Just about that time a great disturbance arose about the Cause.
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 →