One point stands out of particular interest as we continue our quest to find out what drove him on. He still expects the return of Jesus, and with it the resurrection of the dead. But whereas in 1 Corinthians he had assumed he would be among those still alive at the time,10 he is now facing the prospect that he may well die before it all happens. This has been anticipated in Philippians11 and is now built into his thinking, no doubt as part of his having “received the death sentence” in Ephesus.
