1 Corinthians 15:31-32
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[31] I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. [32] If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEphesus was a major port city in Roman Asia Minor (modern western Turkey), where Paul ministered amid strong pagan worship and opposition. His reference to “fighting with beasts at Ephesus” evokes the deadly hardships he faced there, reinforcing that Christian endurance rests on the reality of bodily resurrection.
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