1 CORINTHIANS 15:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.”
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die' — Paul alludes to a near-death experience (whether literal or metaphorical) and cites Isaiah 22:13. Without resurrection, hedonism ('eat and drink') is rational. With resurrection, ascetic suffering for gospel is rational.
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