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To: ChicagoConservative27

1 Corinthians 15:32
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is there to me, if the dead rise not? “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”


7 posted on 03/29/2025 5:26:14 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Fungi
1 Corinthians 15:32
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is there to me, if the dead rise not? “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

I don't know what translation of the Bible you are using, but punctuation makes all the difference. In most Bible translations this verse is rendered:

"If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

In this chapter of Corinthians, Paul was laying out his case for the resurrection of the body. His point here is that if we are not going to be resurrected, then (quoting an old proverb from Ecclesiastes 9), we might as well just "eat, drink, and be merry", living lives of excess like there was no tomorrow.

20 posted on 03/29/2025 5:59:55 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Fungi

“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

You bet. Just had a glass of Chardonnay from Australia, with rice crackers and hummus. Soon, dinner, with Alaskan salmon, organic potatoes and organic Bok Choi, my favorite veggie. Dessert will be black raspberry yogurt from Trader Joe.

Recently saw my MD, we’re both happy I gained four pounds, now weigh 116


32 posted on 03/29/2025 6:19:01 PM PDT by Veto! (oe)
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