1 Corinthians 15:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

What do you think I gained by fighting wild animals in Ephesus? If the dead are not raised to life, “Let's eat and drink. Tomorrow we die.”

Cross References

Job 35:3

Don't you honestly believe it pays to obey him?

Psalm 73:13

What good did it do me to keep my thoughts pure and refuse to do wrong?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young! Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. But don't forget that God will judge you for everything you do.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working. I believe these are God's gifts to us,

Isaiah 22:13

But instead, you celebrated by feasting on beef and lamb and by drinking wine, because you said, “Let's eat and drink! Tomorrow we may die.”

Isaiah 56:12

You say to each other, “Let's drink till we're drunk! Tomorrow we'll do it again. We'll really enjoy ourselves.”

Luke 12:19

Then I'll say to myself, ‘You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’ ”

Luke 9:25

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself or waste your life?

Acts 18:19

The three of them arrived in Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He then went into the Jewish meeting place to talk with the people there.

Acts 18:21

He said goodbye to them and told them, “If God lets me, I will come back.”

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul travelled across the hill country to Ephesus, where he met some of the Lord's followers.

Romans 3:5

If our evil deeds show how right God is, then what can we say? Is it wrong for God to become angry and punish us? What a foolish thing to ask.

Romans 6:19

I am using these everyday examples, because in some ways you are still weak. You used to let the different parts of your body be slaves of your evil thoughts. But now you must make every part of your body serve God, so that you will belong completely to him.

1 Corinthians 16:8

I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

Galatians 3:15

My friends, I will use an everyday example to explain what I mean. Once someone agrees to something, no one else can change or cancel the agreement.

2 Peter 2:12

These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.

Jude 1:10

But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings.