³² If I fought wild beasts^(A) in Ephesus^(B) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,

³³ Do not be misled:^(D) “Bad company corrupts good character.”^{[b](E) 34} Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God^(F)—I say this to your shame.^(G)

²² Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”^[a](A) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

¹⁹ Having lost all sensitivity,^(A) they have given themselves over^(B) to sensuality^(C) so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.