1 Cor. 15:32 in context
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1 Cor. 15:31      1 Cor. 15:33

First letter to the Corinthians 15:32

If I had believed like the people in general when I fought against the wild beasts in Ephesus,
what good would it have done?
[It is likely that Paul likens influential evil people in Ephesus to wild beasts. Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher from Ephesus, had called his countrymen "wild beasts" four hundred years earlier. Epimenides also called the Cretans the same thing, see Titus 1:12. Paul is in Ephesus and his life is in danger there, see 2 Cor. 1:8. Although the riot started by the silversmith Demetrius has not yet taken place, see Acts 19:29–30, because Paul is forced to leave the city immediately afterwards, he begins to have "many opponents," see 1 Cor. 16:9.]
If the dead do not rise,
let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
[Without resurrection, one might as well give up, see Isa. 22:13; Eccles. 8:15. Jesus uses similar reasoning in the parable of the rich fool, see Luke 12:19.]
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εἰ   κατὰ   ἄνθρωπον   ἐθηριομάχησα   ἐν   Ἐφέσῳ,   τί   μοι   τὸ   ὄφελος;   εἰ   νεκροὶ   οὐκ   ἐγείρονται,   φάγωμεν   καὶ   πίωμεν,   αὔριον   γὰρ   ἀποθνῄσκομεν.  

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The greek text has 20 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G1487
 εἰ (ei)
 If
Cond. part./conj. Conditional Particle or Conjunction
 COND
G2596
 κατὰ (kata)
 according to
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G0444
 ἄνθρωπον (anthropon)
 man,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM
G2341
 ἐθηριομάχησα (etheriomachesa)
 I fought wild beasts
VERB Verb
aorist active ind. aorist active indicative
sing. first person singular
V-AAI-1S
G1722
 ἐν (en)
 in
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G2181
 Ἐφέσῳ, (Epheso,)
 Ephesus,
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
Location (location)
 N-DSF-L
G5101
 τί (ti)
 what
Interrogative pron. Interrogative/Uncertain pronoun
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
I-NSN
G1473
 μοι (moi)
 to me
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
dative sing. first person dative singular
P-1DS
G3588
 τὸ (to)
 the
Definite article Definite article
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
T-NSN
G3786
 ὄφελος; (ophelos;)
 profit?
Noun Noun
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
N-NSN
G1487
 εἰ (ei)
 If
Cond. part./conj. Conditional Particle or Conjunction
 COND
G3498
 νεκροὶ (nekroi)
 [the] dead
Adjective Adjective
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
A-NPM
G3756
 οὐκ (oyk)
 not
Particle Particle
Nominative Nominative
 PRT-N
G1453
 ἐγείρονται, (egeirontai,)
 are raised,
VERB Verb
pres. pass. ind. present passive indicative
pl. third person plural
V-PPI-3P
G5315
 φάγωμεν (phagomen)
 Let us eat
VERB Verb
aorist active subj. aorist active subjunctive
pl. first person plural
V-AAS-1P
G2532
 καὶ (kai)
 and
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G4095
 πίωμεν, (piomen,)
 let us drink,
VERB Verb
2nd aorist active subj. second aorist active subjunctive
pl. first person plural
V-2AAS-1P
G0839
 αὔριον (ayrion)
 tomorrow
Adverb Adverb
 ADV
G1063
 γὰρ (gar)
 for
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G0599
 ἀποθνῄσκομεν. (apothneskomen.)
 we die.”
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
pl. first person plural
V-PAI-1P

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