1 Corinthians 15:29-34
If Christ has not resurrected, then is all lies and stupid to sacrifice, to follow, and to risk persecutions as a Christian.
1 Corinthians 15:29-34
[29]Now, what about those people who are baptized for the dead? What do they hope to accomplish? If it is true, as some claim, that the dead are not raised to life, why are those people being baptized for the dead?
[30]And as for us — why would we run the risk of danger every hour?
[31]My brothers and sisters, I face death every day! The pride I have in you, in our life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord, makes me declare this.
[32]If I have, as it were, fought “wild beasts” here in Ephesus simply from human motives, what have I gained? But if the dead are not raised to life, then, as the saying goes, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”
[33]Do not be fooled. “Bad companions ruin good character.”
[34]Come back to your right senses and stop your sinful ways. I declare to your shame that some of you do not know God.