1 Corinthians 15:32
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
νεκρός
the] dead
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νεκρός
Dead, lifeless, without power. Nekros. God who gives life to the dead. If God can raise the dead there is nothing in your situation that is beyond His power to restore.
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θηριομαχέω
I fought wild beasts
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θηριομαχέω
to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show), i.e. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men)
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τίς
what
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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πίνω
let us drink,
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πίνω
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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φάγω
Let us eat
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φάγω
to eat (literally or figuratively)
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Ἔφεσος
Ephesus,
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Ἔφεσος
Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor
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εἰ
If
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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