Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Epicureans » Worldly pleasure sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
Verse Concepts
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Verse Concepts
Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
Verse Concepts
So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
Verse Concepts
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
Verse Concepts
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Verse Concepts
Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
Verse Concepts
So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
Verse Concepts
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
Verse Concepts
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
Verse Concepts
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Verse Concepts
Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
Verse Concepts
So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
Verse Concepts
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
Verse Concepts
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”