1 Corinthians 15:32

If after the manner of men After man, Wiclif. Either (1) as margin, - to speakafter the manner of men," or (2) for purely human and temporal objects, like those of men in general. See for this expression ch. 1 Corinthians 3:3, and Romans 3:5; Galatians 1:11; Galatians 3:15.

I have fought with beasts at Ephesus It must have been a metaphorical, not a literal fighting with beasts of which the Apostle spoke. His Roman citizenship (Acts 16:37; Acts 22:25) protected him from being thrown to the lions in the arena. And it is generally believed that he eventually died by the sword, as a Roman citizen. He means to say that he contended with men who had the passions of beasts (as in Acts 19:29-34, though it is not certain that this particular event had yet occurred). So did Ignatius afterwards, who, referring to the demeanour of the Roman legionaries by whom he was conducted to Rome, says, "I am bound to ten leopards, that is, a troop of soldiers, who are only made worse by kindnesses." Cf. Ad Romans 5. 2 Timothy 4:17. Also Psalms 22:20-21; Psalms 35:17.

what advantageth it me i.e. as we should say, where is the use of it?

let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die "With our hopes of immortality gone, the value of humanity ceases" and life becomes not worth living. "Go, then, to the sensualist Tell him that the pleasure of doing right is a sublimer existence than that of self-indulgence. He will answer you … -The victory is uncertain, present enjoyment is sure." … Do you think you can arrest that with some fine sentiment about nobler and baser being? Why, you have made him out to be base yourself. He dies, you tell him, like a dog. Why should he live like an angel?… The instincts of the animal will be more than a match for all the transcendental reasonings of the philosopher." Robertson. Perhaps the words, -if the dead rise not," should be taken in connection with this sentence, rather than with that which precedes.