1 Corinthians 15:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If after the manner of men - Margin, “To speak after the manner of men” ( κατὰ ἄνθρωπον kata anthrōpon). There has been a great difference of opinion in regard to the meaning of these word...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(17) If (q) after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? (18) let us (r) eat and drink; for to morrow we die. (17) The taking away of a...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:29 . Many interpretations have been offered. The most probable remains that given above. A view which deserves mention is that Paul is referring to those who are baptized for the...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

after the manner of men . according to (App-104). man. have . Omit. fought with beasts . Greek. theriomacheo. Only here. Figure of speech Metaphor. App-6. Referring to the riot ( Acts 19:28-...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

32. If according to the manner of men He brings forward a notable instance of death, from which it might be clearly seen that he would have been worse than a fool, if there were not a better...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. If, after the manner of men, etc. - Much lea...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If after the manner of men, &c.— St. Paul was a Roman citizen, and pleaded his privilege as such, and therefore the chief captain was afraid because he had bound him; for, as Cicero says, Faci...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Punctuate - "If after the manner of m...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If after the manner of men... — These words imply here, as elsewhere ( 1 Corinthians 3:3 ), “merely from a human point of view.” What is the advantage or necessity of my incurring daily risks, if I...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 21 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST I. ITS PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CREED PAUL having now settled the minor questions of order in public worship, marriage, intercourse with the heathen, and the...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

This Body the Seed of a Glorious One 1 Corinthians 15:29-41 The anticipation of the final resurrection enabled the early Christians to endure incredible sufferings. As one rank fell martyred, a...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(29) Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? (30) And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? (31) I protest by you...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus ,.... This is one of the particulars of the jeopardy and danger of life he had been in: some understand this in a figurative sense, an...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 32. If after the manner, &c. ]...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I protest by your rejoicing Greek, νη την υμετεραν καυχησιν ην εχω, by the boasting concerning you which I have , namely, on account of your faith in Christ Jesus our Lord. So the clause is interp...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 20 But now is Christ risen...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Concerning this fight of the apostle with beasts at Ephesus, there are two opinions; some thinking that he indeed fought with beasts, and we know that in those countries such a punishment was in us...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Arguments For The Necessity of Resurrection (15:29-34). The assumption behind what follows is the belief among some of the Corinthians that man was made of both body and spirit, and that t...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:20 . Hath .—Emphasis here, not on “ now ” or “ Christ .” Over against their doubts, and speculations, and “impossibilities,” Paul sets the one conclusive fact ....
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:29-32 I. The first and chief puzzle of this passage is in the twenty-ninth verse. What is meant by being baptized for the dead? The meaning which most commends itself at least to...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand. By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memo...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

And why stand we in Jeopardy every hour? The hourly jeopardy: the daily death We have now reached the second of St. Paul’s argumenta ad hominem . The first is the argument for the resurrection...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The effect of unbelief in the doctrine of the resurrection:
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 ; 2 Peter 2:12 ; Acts 19:1 ; Acts 19:23 ; Ecclesiastes 11:9 ; Ecclesiastes 2:24 ; Galatians 3:15 ; Isaiah 22:13 ; Isaiah 56:12 ; Job 35:3 ; Jude 1:10 ; Luke 12:19 ;...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

How Are the Dead Raised Up? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29-34...
1 Corinthians 15:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If to speak after the manner of men — That is, to use a proverbial phrase, expressive of the most imminent danger I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus — With the savage fury of a lawless multi...

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 15:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes