{How much more, things that pertain to this life?} (M(8874)i ge
bi(9374)ika;). The question expects the answer no and ge adds
sharp point to Paul's surprised tone, "Need I so much as say?" It
can be understood also as ellipsis, "let me not say" (m(8874)ige
leg(935c)), not to say. Bi(9374)ika occurs first in Aristotle, but is
common afterwards. In the papyri it is used of business matters.
It is from ios (manner of life in contrast to z(9388), life
principle).