1 Corinthians 15:32

New Century Version

If I fought wild animals in Ephesus only with human hopes, I have gained nothing. If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die.”

Cross References

Job 35:3

but you also ask, ‘What’s the use? I don’t gain anything by not sinning.’

Psalm 73:13

So why have I kept my heart pure? Why have I kept my hands from doing wrong?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young; be happy while you are young. Do whatever your heart desires, whatever you want to do. But remember that God will judge you for everything you do.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

The best that people can do is eat, drink, and enjoy their work. I saw that even this comes from God,

Isaiah 22:13

But look, the people are happy and are having wild parties. They kill the cattle and the sheep; they eat the food and drink the wine. They say, “Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die.”

Isaiah 56:12

They say, “Come, let’s drink some wine; let’s drink all the beer we want. And tomorrow we will do this again, or, maybe we will have an even better time.”

Luke 12:19

Then I can say to myself, “I have enough good things stored to last for many years. Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!” ’

Luke 9:25

It is worthless to have the whole world if they themselves are destroyed or lost.

Acts 18:19

Then they went to Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. While Paul was there, he went into the synagogue and talked with the people.

Acts 18:21

But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you again if God wants me to.” And so he sailed away from Ephesus.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was visiting some places on the way to Ephesus. There he found some followers

Romans 3:5

When we do wrong, that shows more clearly that God is right. So can we say that God is wrong to punish us? (I am talking as people might talk.)

Romans 6:19

I use this example because this is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil; you lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.

1 Corinthians 16:8

But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, let us think in human terms: Even an agreement made between two persons is firm. After that agreement is accepted by both people, no one can stop it or add anything to it.

2 Peter 2:12

But these people speak against things they do not understand. They are like animals that act without thinking, animals born to be caught and killed. And, like animals, these false teachers will be destroyed.

Jude 1:10

But these people speak against things they do not understand. And what they do know, by feeling, as dumb animals know things, are the very things that destroy them.