 | Saint John Chrysostom - 1839 - 372 pages
...he concludes accordingly by pointing out also what kind of deaths they were ; thus saying, Ver. 32. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me ? What is, if after the manner of men ? As far as pertains to (3.) men, I fought... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1840 - 726 pages
...citizens of Ephesus opposed him, uses a strong metaphorical expression taken from the theatre: — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus. Not that the apostle appears to have been actually condemned by his enemies to ' Brekell's Discourses,... | |
 | 1896 - 1080 pages
...preacher who commented on St. Paul's habit of using short words to describe violent action, as in ' If, after the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,' little suspecting, good, easy man, that the five words ' I have fought with beasts ' are a translation... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pages
...jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 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. 33 Be not... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1984 - 1078 pages
...here it is supposed the former was pitted against wild beasts, for in i Corinthians, xv. 32 he says: "If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus," &c., when many men still lived who had seen the Christ; here Man' Magdalen died, and here the Virgin... | |
 | Robert E. Picirilli - 1987 - 454 pages
...jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 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. Paul's second... | |
 | Thomas Harris - 1988 - 360 pages
...PS3558.A6558S5 1998 813'.54— dc!9 88-18203 CIP First Edition: July 1988 10 9 8 7 To the memory of my father. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? — 1 Corinthians Need I look upon a death's head in... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 422 pages
...the Lord's goodness: Therefore glad now will we be, And rejoice in him only. FIRST CORINTHIANS 15:32 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. THE CHOICE... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1994 - 400 pages
...was a rejoicing which he, as a Christian minister, had over them as the seals of his ministry. 32. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephcsus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not ? let us cat and drink ; for to-morrow we die.... | |
 | Jan N. Bremmer - 1996 - 228 pages
...Schmidt already drew attention to Paul's report that he had been condemned to an animal fight in Ephesus: 'If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not?' (1 Cor 15.32). And later he mentions Ephesus again and... | |
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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. 
