After the manner of men (κατα ανθρωπον). Like men, for applause, money, etc. (4:9ff.).

If I fought with wild beasts…

Regarding the phrase If after the manner of men—a marginal note offers, To speak after the manner of men; Greek, kata anyrwpo…

If after the manner of men . . .—These words imply here, as elsewhere (1 Corinthians 3:3), “merely from a human point …

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

Another argument for the resurrection is that if it is not true, then suffering and hardship for the sake of Christ are useless. By “endangering ou…

If according to the manner of men—He brings forward a notable instance of death, from which it might be clearly seen that he would have be…

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus

All who are by faith united to Christ are by His resurrection assured of their own resurrection. Just as through the sin of the first Adam all huma…

After showing the resurrection of the dead from the resurrection of Christ, the Apostle then shows the resurrection of the dead from the life of th…