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NASB					1 Cor 15:32 If¹⁴⁸⁷ ¹from human⁴⁴⁴ motives²⁵⁹⁶ I ^Afought²³⁴¹ with wild²³⁴¹ beasts²³⁴¹ at ^BEphesus²¹⁸¹, what⁵¹⁰¹ does it profit³⁷⁸⁶ me? If¹⁴⁸⁷ the dead³⁴⁹⁸ are not raised¹⁴⁵³, ^CLET US EAT²⁰⁶⁸ AND DRINK⁴⁰⁹⁵, FOR TOMORROW⁸³⁹ WE DIE⁵⁹⁹.
AMPLIFIED 2015					1 Cor 15:32 What good has it done me if, [merely] from a human point of view, I ¹fought with wild animals at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised [at all], LET US EAT AND DRINK [enjoying ourselves now], FOR TOMORROW WE DIE. [Is 22:13; 2 Cor 1:8, 9]

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Lit according to man

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This may refer figuratively to the furious crowd that rose up against Paul in Ephesus, rather than to literal animals (Acts 19:23-41).

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2 Cor 1:8 ¶ For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;

Acts 18:19 They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

Is 22:13 Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die."

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Greek Heb.

444

anthrôpos; prob. from 435 and ôps (eye, face); a man, human, mankind:--any(1), anyone(1), child(1), enemy*(1), everyone*(1), fellow(1), friend(1), human(5), human judgment(1), human relations(1), king*(1), Man(89), man(232), man's(8), mankind(5), men(164), men's(2), nobleman*(1), one*(3), others(4), people(13), people*(1), person(2), persons(1), self(4).

599

apothnêskô; from 575 and 2348; to die:--dead(5), death(1), death*(1), die(34), died(53), dies(12), dying(4), mortal(1), perished(1), put(1).

839

aurion; adv. of unc. or.; tomorrow:--next day(3), tomorrow(11).

1453

egeirô; a prim. vb.; to waken, to raise up:--arise(5), arisen(2), arises(1), awake(1), awaken(1), awoke(1), cause(1), get(17), gets(2), got(11), lift(1), raise(10), raised(61), raises(2), rise(5), rise again(2), risen(13), rose(1), rose again(1), stand(1), woke(3).

1487

ei; a prim. particle; if, whether (a cond. part. introducing circumstances nec. for a given proposition to be true; sometimes used with a command or as an indirect question, etc.):--although*(1), if(341), no(1), only(1), only*(11), suppose*(1), though(7), though*(5), unless(2), unless*(5), until*(1), whatever*(1), whether(19), whoever*(3).

2068

esthiô; akin to edô (to eat); to eat:--ate(21), consume(2), diet(1), dine(1), does so(1), eat(96), eaten(2), eating(19), eats(11), feed(2), use(1).

2181

Ephesos; of unc. or.; Ephesus, a city in Asia Minor:--Ephesus(17).

2341

thêriomacheô; from 2342 and 3164; to fight with wild beasts:--fought with wild beasts(1), wild beasts(1).

2596

kata; prep. of unc. or.; down, against, according to:--about(5), accord(1), accordance(12), according(140), accordingly(1), after(8), after another(1), against(52), along(1), along the coast(2), among(3), another(2), around(1), basis(1), because(2), before(1), beyond*(1), case*(2), certain(1), circumstances*(2), conforming(1), contrary(1), daily*(10), down(4), each(2), effect(1), every(10), every*(1), exactly*(1), excessively*(1), godly*(1), how*(1), inasmuch*(2), individually*(1), just(2), like(4), more(1), motives(1), natural*(1), off(2), one*(2), outwardly*(1), over(3), private*(1), privately*(7), reference(1), rightly*(1), standpoint(2), terms(2), through(1), throughout(6), together*(1), various(4), way(4), within(2).

3498

nekros; a prim. word, the same as nekus (a dead body); dead:--corpse(1), dead(122), dead man(3), dead men(1), dead men's(1).

3786

ophelos; from ophellô (to increase); advantage, help:--profit(1), use(2).

4095

pinô; a prim. word; to drink:--drank(5), drink(49), drinking(11), drinks(8), drunk(1).

5101

tis; an interrog. pron. related to 5100; who? which? what?:--anything(1), how(7), how*(2), person(1), something(3), suppose one(2), what(266), what each(1), what*(5), which(24), which one(3), who(128), whom(16), whose(6), why(70), why*(33).

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