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13 because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do.

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13 That each of them may eat and drink,(A) and find satisfaction(B) in all their toil—this is the gift of God.(C)

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18 What is the best thing to do in the short life God has given us? I think we should enjoy eating, drinking, and working hard. This is what God intends for us to do.

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18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink(A) and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor(B) under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

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So be happy and enjoy eating and drinking! God decided long ago that this is what you should do.

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Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(A) with a joyful heart,(B) for God has already approved what you do.

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12 You say to each other,
“Let's drink till we're drunk!
    Tomorrow we'll do it again.
We'll really enjoy ourselves.”

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12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine!(A)
    Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
    or even far better.”(B)

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19 (A) Then I'll say to myself, ‘You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’ ”

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19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

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32 (A) What do you think I gained by fighting wild animals in Ephesus? If the dead are not raised to life,

“Let's eat and drink.
    Tomorrow we die.”

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:32 Isaiah 22:13