I Corinthians 15:30-34
And as for us,
Paul is getting back to speaking about Christians again.
why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
It would only be reasonable to take a safe, easy road if this life is all we will ever have.
I die every day--I mean that, brothers--just as surely as I glory over you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul is saying that just as the Corinthians know how proud Paul is about what God has done for the Christians in Corinth, they can be just as confidant in the knowledge that Paul's life is lived on the edge, in danger of some sort every day.
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
There is no point in trying to gain worldly renown by putting one's life in danger if he will not be alive to experience it, so we might as will take it easy and enjoy the pleasures of life, if we'll never rise.
Do not be misled:
Don't be fooled.
Bad company corrupts good character.
We need to be careful of who we listen to, to weigh the arguments and not be deluded into being deceived.
Come back to your senses,
Let's be reasonable here, sensible, using our brains logically.
as you ought,
It's the right thing to do.
and stop sinning;
Stop missing the mark with faulty thinking processes.
for there are some who are ignorant of God--
You have neighbors who have never been taught anything about the True God.
--I say this to your shame.
You have fallen short of the standards God has set for His people; we are to be an example to the World of how God's ways work, and bring success in life; and tell them why.
Every Christian is expected to do the work of an evangelist, whenever anyone asks us why we are the way we are: how we can handle the pressures of life, and overcome the trials and troubles that everyone faces. When we are the example of how God's ways work, others will notice and ask.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
