{After the manner of men} (kata anthr(9370)on). Like men, for
applause, money, etc. ( 4:9ff.  Php 3:7 ). {If I fought with wild
beasts at Ephesus} (ei eth(8872)iomach(8873)a en Ephes(9369)). Late verb
from 	h(8872)iomachos, a fighter with wild beasts. Found in
inscriptions and in Ignatius. Those who argue for an Ephesian
imprisonment for Paul and Ephesus as the place where he wrote the
imprisonment epistles (see Duncan's book just mentioned) take the
verb literally. There is in the ruins of Ephesus now a place
called St. Paul's Prison. But Paul was a Roman citizen and it was
unlawful to make such a one be a 	h(8872)iomachos. If he were cast
to the lions unlawfully, he could have prevented it by claiming
his citizenship. Besides, shortly after this Paul wrote II
Corinthians, but he does not mention so unusual a peril in the
list in  2Co 11:23f . The incident, whatever it was, whether
literal or figurative language, took place before Paul wrote I
Corinthians. {What doth it profit me?} (	i moi to ophelos?).
What the profit to me? {Let us eat and drink} (phag(936d)en kai
pi(936d)en). Volitive second aorist subjunctives of esthi(935c) and
pin(935c). Cited from  Isa 22:13 . It is the outcry of the people of
Jerusalem during the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians. At
Anchiale near Tarsus is a statue of Sardanapalus with the
inscription: "Eat, drink, enjoy thyself. The rest is nothing."
This was the motto of the Epicureans. Paul is not giving his own
view, but that of people who deny the resurrection.