I have fought "wild beasts." Most take these words as figurative of the opposition he faced from unbelievers. But MacKnight and most of the ancient scholars think this actually happened just as Paul says, and that 2 Corinthians 1:8 and the customs of the time imply that Paul actually faced wild beasts in the arena. But if the dead are not raised. Paul points to what "everybody says." The words Paul quotes speak the moral recklessness of those who believe death ends it all!

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Old Testament