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IV.From the hope which the Apostle connects with the foregoing; opposing to the opinion of those who act wrongly the sure hope of those who suffer gloriously, and confirming the resurrection from this also as from that, vv.30–32: unless there is a resurrection of the dead and hope of recompense, he and all who undergo extremities for truth and Christ will have been in vain.Why, he says, are we in danger every hour?If after the manner of men — for praise or gain or some other cause for which secular men face dangers — I fought with beasts at Ephesus (against wicked men such as Demetrius, Acts 19), what does it profit me?Finally, if the dead are not raised, we shall not only in vain expose our heads to so many dangers, but rather will join those who say: Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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IV. A spe, quam Apostolus connectit cum superiore; opponens opinioni perperam agentium certam spem gloriose patientium, & sicut ex illa, ita ex hac quoque resurrectionem confirmans v.30–32. dicit, nisi sit resurrectio mortuorum & spes retributionis, frustra fore se aliosque quotquot pro veritate & Christo extrema quaeque subeant. Cur enim, ait, nos periclitamur omni momento? Si secundum hominem, i.e. laudis vel lucri vel alia de causa, adversus bestias pugnavi Ephesi — contra homines bestianos, qualis Demetrius Act. 19 — quae mihi utilitas? Postremo, si mortui non suscitantur, non tantum frustra erimus capita nostra tot periculis objicientes, sed iis potius accedemus qui dicunt: edamus & bibamus, cras enim morimur.