1 Corinthians 15:32 Cross References - TKJU

³² If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead do not rise? "Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die."

³ For you said, "What advantage will it be to you? And, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

¹³ Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

²⁴ There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

¹³ And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.

¹² "Come all of you", they say, "I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like today, and much more abundant."

¹⁴ You all have said, 'It is vain to serve God: And what profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? ¹⁵ And now we call the proud happy; yes, those that work wickedness are established; yes, those that tempt God are even delivered.' "

²⁵ For what is a man advantaged, if he gains the whole world, and loses himself, or is cast away?

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have a great many goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry." '

¹⁹ And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: But he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

¹ And it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: And finding certain disciples,

²³ And at the same time there arose no small stir over that way. ²⁴ For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small profit to the craftsmen; ²⁵ whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this craft we have our wealth. ²⁶ Moreover, you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods, which are made with hands: ²⁷ So that not only is our craft in danger of being disregarded as nothing; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship." ²⁸ Now when they heard these words, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians." ²⁹ Then the whole city was filled with confusion: And having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater. ³⁰ And when Paul would have entered in to the people, the disciples did not permit him. ³¹ And certain chiefs of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him, beseeching him that he would not himself venture into the theater. ³² Some therefore cried out one thing, and some another: For the assembly was confused; and for the most part did not know why they had come together. ³³ And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made his defense to the people. ³⁴ But when they had knowledge that he was a Jew, all with one voice cried out for about a span of two hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians." ³⁵ And when the town clerk had appeased the people, he said, "You men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? ³⁶ Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, you ought to be quiet, and do nothing rashly. ³⁷ For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. ³⁸ Therefore, if Demetrius, and the craftsmen who are with him, have a matter against any man, the court of law is open, and there are deputies: Let them bring charges against one another. ³⁹ But if you inquire anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. ⁴⁰ For we are in danger of being called into question for today's uproar, there being no cause which we may give to account for this assembling together." ⁴¹ And when he had spoken these things, he dismissed the assembly.

¹⁹ I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: For as you have yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity onto more iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness onto holiness.

⁸ For we do not intend, brethren, to have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life: ⁹ But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raises the dead: ¹⁰ Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver: In whom we trust that He will yet deliver us;

¹⁵ Brethren, I speak in the manner of men; though it is nevertheless a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls it, nor adds to it.

¹² But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they do not understand; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

¹⁰ But these speak evil of those things which they do not know: But what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.