32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, (A)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, (B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 (C)Do not be deceived: (D)“Bad company ruins good morals.”[a] 34 (E)Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For (F)some have no knowledge of God. (G)I say this to your shame.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais

32 If I fought wild beasts(A) in Ephesus(B) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,

“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”[a](C)

33 Do not be misled:(D) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[b](E) 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(F)—I say this to your shame.(G)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander