1 Corinthians 15:32
32Ifεἰaccording toκατὰmanἄνθρωπονI fought wild beastsἐθηριομάχησαinἐνEphesusἘφέσῳ,whatτίto meμοιtheτὸprofitὄφελος;Ifεἰ[the] deadνεκροὶnotοὐκare raisedἐγείρονται,Let us eatΦάγωμενandκαὶlet us drinkπίωμεν,tomorrowαὔριονforγὰρwe dieἀποθνῄσκομεν.
If according to man I fought wild beasts in Ephesus, what [is] the gain to me? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and let us drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Vocab difficulty
79.2
Rare words
ἐθηριομάχησα
θηριομαχέω
I fight with wild beasts (i.e. wild beasts in human form); met: I am exposed to fierce hostility.
ὄφελος
ὄφελος
advantage, gain, profit, help.