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after the manner of men = according to (App-104) a man.
have. Omit.
fought with beasts. Greek. theriomacheo. Only here. Figure of speech Metaphor. App-6. Referring to the riot (Act_19:28-31). Ignatius, in his epistle to the Romans, says, "From Syria even to Rome, I light with beasts . . . being bound to ten leopards, I mean, a band of soldiers, who, even when they receive benefits, show themselves the worse". Clark's Ante-Nicene Library. what, &c. = what is the profit? Greek. ophelos. Only here and Jam_2:14, Jam_2:16.
me = to me.
let us eat, &c. Many similar expressions of Epicureanism are found in heathen writers. But this is probably cited from Isa_22:13. Compare Wisdom 1Co_2:5-9.