ophelos denotes the practical benefit or advantage asked about when an action or claim lacks its expected result.

The attested use asks what practical advantage follows from an action, claim, or response: the questions concern fighting wild beasts if the dead are not raised, faith without works, and words of peace without supplying bodily needs.

1. Practical benefit or advantage in question · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 15:32, the nominative singular neuter form occurs in a question about the benefit of fighting wild beasts if the dead are not raised; the APB renders the question, "what does it profit me?" In James 2:14 and James 2:16, it similarly frames questions about a claim to faith without works and a verbal wish without meeting bodily needs; the APB renders both questions with "what is the gain?"

   1 Corinthians 15:32James 2:14James 2:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through questions of outcome, using "profit" in 1 Corinthians 15:32 and "gain" in James 2:14 and James 2:16. These renderings confirm the questions' overall evaluation of benefit rather than establish separate senses.