“From Syria even unto Rome I fight with beasts, both by land and sea, both by night and day, being bound to ten leopards, I mean a band of soldiers, who, even when they receive benefits, show themselves all the worse. But I am the more instructed by their injuries [to act as a disciple of Christ]; "yet am I not thereby…”
Ignatius of Antioch, 2th c. — Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
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32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
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In context
30And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
— 1 Corinthians 15:32 —
33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.